Re: scripts/selinux build error in 4.14 after glibc update

[Sasha Levin]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 09:59:47PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 5:00 PM Nathan Chancellor
> <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > After a glibc update to 2.29, my 4.14 builds started failing like so:
>
> ...
>
> >   HOSTCC  scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders
> > In file included from scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c:19:
> > ./security/selinux/include/classmap.h:245:2: error: #error New address family defined, please update secclass_map.
> >  #error New address family defined, please update secclass_map.
> >   ^~~~~
>
> This is a known problem that has a fix in the selinux/next branch and
> will be going up to Linus during the next merge window.  The fix is
> quite small and should be relatively easy for you to backport to your
> kernel build if you are interested; the patch can be found at the
> archive link below:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/20190225005528.28371-1-paulo@xxxxxxxx

Why is it waiting for the next merge window? It fixes a build bug that
people hit.

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Thanks,
Sasha