On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:40:31 PDT, Randy Dunlap said:

> >>>  config SECURITY_SELINUX
> >>>   bool "NSA SELinux Support"
> >>> - depends on SECURITY_NETWORK && AUDIT && NET && INET
> >>> + depends on SECURITY
> >>> + select SECURITY_NETWORK
> >>> + select AUDIT
> >>> + select NET
> >>> + select INET
> >>>   select NETWORK_SECMARK

> AUDIT isn't quite library code, still I don't have a (big) problem with
> selecting it or NETWORK_SECMARK.  (other than select is evil :)
> 
> OTOH, NET and INET are large config options, not library-like code, and
> should not be selected.

If it does a 'select SECURITY_NETWORK' but NET=n, does the resulting kernel
actually build?  The problem seems to be that select isn't transitive - if
you select something, it won't automagically select that something's pre-reqs
(modulo the recent patches I've seen posted, have those been mainlined?).

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