SELinux

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 29/08/10 18:42, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Patrick Dupre wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Rex Dieter wrote:
>>
>>> Patrick Dupre wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> With fedora 13, when I use Math:GSL, I get an error message:
>>>>    Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl5/auto/Math/GSL/Errno/Errno.so' for
>>>>    module
>>>> Math::GSL::Errno: /usr/local/lib/perl5/auto/Math/GSL/Errno/Errno.so:
>>>> cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied at
>>>> /usr/lib/perl5/DynaLoader.pm line 200.
>>>>
>>>> if I do not switch SELinux to permissive !!
>>>
>>> Seems something you installed yourself that's running afoul of selinux,
>>> fedora doesn't install anything into /usr/local/... by default.
>>>
>> Of course, I NEED Math:GSL !!!!
>
> OK, so... what's your point?  Your original post seemed to be blaming
> selinux here, for something that's not testable (ie, supporting/testing
> something not included in fedora).

I would advise Patrick to disable Selinux. I've made that decision long ago 
because it gives me more problems when enabled that I can possibly solve. IMHO 
the user interface is so bad that selinux is unuseable for an ordinary enduser.

-- 
Erik