FC5 and FC6 SELinux policies installed simultaneously

[Daniel J Walsh]

André Costa wrote:
> On 5/20/07, André Costa <blueser at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 5/19/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 5/19/07, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh at redhat.com> wrote:
>> > > André Costa wrote:
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > > for some reason, I still have a FC5 SELinux package laying around:
>> > > >
>> > > > ~ rpm -qa selinux-policy-strict\*
>> > > > selinux-policy-strict-2.4.6-62.fc6
>> > > > selinux-policy-strict-2.2.34-3.fc5
>> > > >
>> > > > If I try to remove the stray FC5 package, something goes wrong:
>> > > >
>> > > > # rpm -ev selinux-policy-strict-2.2.34-3.fc5
>> > > > libsemanage.semanage_direct_remove: Module dpkg was not found.
>> > > > semodule:  Failed on dpkg!
>> > > > error: %trigger(selinux-policy-strict-2.4.6-62.fc6.noarch) 
>> scriptlet
>> > > > failed, exit status 1
>> > > >
>> > > > Any clues? Should I try 'rpm -ev --notriggers
>> > > > selinux-policy-strict-2.2.34-3.fc5' and then force FC6 package
>> > > > reinstallation?
>> > > >
>> > > > TIA
>> > > >
>> > > > Andre
>> > > >
>> > > That should work.
>> >
>> > How about using "--noscripts"?
>>
>> I thought about "--notriggers "because error msg shows "error:
>> %trigger(...)". Would it be safer if I used "--noscripts" instead?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Andre
>
> Well, I decided to give "--notriggers" a try anyway. Removal went by
> just fine, but reinstallation of FC6 package failed:
>
> # rpm -i --force selinux-policy-strict-2.4.6-62.fc6.noarch.rpm
> libsepol.scope_copy_callback: authlogin: Duplicate declaration in
> module: type/attribute system_chkpwd_t
> libsemanage.semanage_link_sandbox: Link packages failed
> semodule:  Failed!
>
> Now I must confess I am clueless... any help will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andre
>
Lets be drastic.

mv /etc/selinux/strict /etc/selinux/strict.old
rpm -i --force selinux-policy-strict-2.4.6-62.fc6.noarch.rpm