changeset 108012:6c696ca35512

Doc updates for SELinux support. * ack.texi, emacs.texi (Acknowledgments): Add SELinux support. * etc/NEWS: Mention SELinux support.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:08:21 -0700
parents 12062a99ca8d
children 393a4e5223b1
files doc/emacs/ChangeLog doc/emacs/ack.texi doc/emacs/emacs.texi etc/NEWS
diffstat 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Tue Apr 20 20:02:58 2010 -0700
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Tue Apr 20 20:08:21 2010 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-04-21  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* ack.texi, emacs.texi (Acknowledgments): Add SELinux support.
+
 2010-04-18  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
 	* programs.texi (Semantic): New node.
--- a/doc/emacs/ack.texi	Tue Apr 20 20:02:58 2010 -0700
+++ b/doc/emacs/ack.texi	Tue Apr 20 20:08:21 2010 -0700
@@ -574,6 +574,10 @@
 Emacs.
 
 @item
+Karel Kl@'{@dotless{i}}@v{c} contributed SELinux support, for preserving the
+Security-Enchanced Linux context of files on backup and copy.
+
+@item
 Shuhei Kobayashi wrote @file{hex-util.el}, for operating on hexadecimal
 strings; support for HMAC (Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication);
 and a Lisp implementation of the SHA1 Secure Hash Algorithm.
--- a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi	Tue Apr 20 20:02:58 2010 -0700
+++ b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi	Tue Apr 20 20:08:21 2010 -0700
@@ -1375,12 +1375,12 @@
 Jones, Simon Josefsson, Arne J@o{}rgensen, Tomoji Kagatani, Brewster
 Kahle, Tokuya Kameshima, Lute Kamstra, David Kastrup, David Kaufman,
 Henry Kautz, Taichi Kawabata, Howard Kaye, Michael Kifer, Richard King,
-Peter Kleiweg, Shuhei Kobayashi, Pavel Kobiakov, Larry K.@: Kolodney,
-David M.@: Koppelman, Koseki Yoshinori, Robert Krawitz, Sebastian
-Kremer, Ryszard Kubiak, David K@aa{}gedal, Daniel LaLiberte, Karl
-Landstrom, Mario Lang, Aaron Larson, James R.@: Larus, Vinicius Jose
-Latorre, Werner Lemberg, Frederic Lepied, Peter Liljenberg, Lars
-Lindberg, Chris Lindblad, Anders Lindgren, Thomas Link, Juri Linkov,
+Peter Kleiweg, Karel Kl@'{@dotless{i}}@v{c}, Shuhei Kobayashi, Pavel
+Kobiakov, Larry K.@: Kolodney, David M.@: Koppelman, Koseki Yoshinori,
+Robert Krawitz, Sebastian Kremer, Ryszard Kubiak, David K@aa{}gedal, Daniel
+LaLiberte, Karl Landstrom, Mario Lang, Aaron Larson, James R.@: Larus,
+Vinicius Jose Latorre, Werner Lemberg, Frederic Lepied, Peter Liljenberg,
+Lars Lindberg, Chris Lindblad, Anders Lindgren, Thomas Link, Juri Linkov,
 Francis Litterio, Emilio C. Lopes, K@'{a}roly L@H{o}rentey, Dave Love,
 Sascha L@"{u}decke, Eric Ludlam, Alan Mackenzie, Christopher J.@:
 Madsen, Neil M.@: Mager, Ken Manheimer, Bill Mann, Brian Marick, Simon
--- a/etc/NEWS	Tue Apr 20 20:02:58 2010 -0700
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Tue Apr 20 20:08:21 2010 -0700
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 These provide no new functionality, they just remove the need to edit
 lib-src/Makefile by hand in order to use the associated features.
 
+** Configure links against libselinux if it is found.
+You can disable this by using --without-selinux.
+
 
 * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.1
 
@@ -68,6 +71,14 @@
 ** Lucid menus and dialogs can display antialiased fonts if Emacs is built
 with Xft.
 
+** Basic SELinux support has been added.
+This requires Emacs to be linked with libselinux at build time.
+
+*** Emacs preserves the SELinux file context when backing up or copying files.
+
+*** The new functions file-selinux-context and set-file-selinux-context
+get and set the SELinux context of a file.
+
 ** New scrolling commands `scroll-up-command' and `scroll-down-command'
 (bound to C-v/[next] and M-v/[prior]) does not signal errors at top/bottom
 of buffer at first key-press (instead moves to top/bottom of buffer)