Poor error when loading policy module

[Miroslav Grepl]

On 05/31/2012 11:46 AM, Moray Henderson wrote:
> I'm updating a custom policy from CentOS 5 to CentOS 6.  The module builds
> successfully, but fails to load:
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>    # semodule -i mypolicy.pp
>    /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: Invalid argument
>    libsemanage.semanage_install_active: setfiles returned error code 1.
>    semodule:  Failed!
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> It took me some time to work out that the error should have read:
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>    File context already exists for /var/run/passenger: mypolicy.fc line 5
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> Now that I know there is already policy for Passenger, I can adjust mine
> accordingly.  Any chance of getting a more helpful version of the error
> included in semodule?
There is a bug

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822320
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> Moray.
> "To err is human; to purr, feline."
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