Not willing to wait any longer for a resolution to the bug I wrote about in my last post I decided to take action. I have now compiled libsepol with my fix applied and uploaded the debian package to my repository.
Since libsepol1-dev ships with a static version of libsepol, I’ve also recompiled some of the packages that build-depends on libsepol1-dev and added them to the repository as well.
If you wish to use SELinux on you slug and feel that you trust me enough to use my version of this rather central piece of security software, add this to your sources.list:
deb http://eddie.ejohansson.se/debian/ etch main
The version number is the same as the version in etch with ‘a’ added at the end. Hopefully this means that when updated official packages are released they will automatically be upgraded.
If you want information on how to configure SELinux, this guide worked for me. But before you follow that guide (and after installing my updated packages), run ‘dpkg-reconfigure selinux-policy-refpolicy-targeted’ so that the base module and modules for the daemons you’re using are properly loaded.
