error in 'make load'

[Stephen Smalley]

On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 07:44 -0700, gf wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to update the httpd policy in selinux to allow access to port 8443.
> I thought that I could add the line
>   portcon tcp 8443  system_u:object_r:http_port_t
> to the file
>   /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/net_contents
> and recompile.
> 
> My first step was to download the sources:
>   selinux-policy-targeted-sources-1.17.30-2.110.rpm
> and install.
> 
> To check whether or not everthing was working, I tried the following
> without altering any files:
> 
> [$ /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy]:make load
> mkdir -p /etc/selinux/targeted/policy
> /usr/bin/checkpolicy -o /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.18 policy.conf
> /usr/bin/checkpolicy:  loading policy configuration from policy.conf
> tmp/program_used_flags.te:2:ERROR 'syntax error' at token
> '/etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/domains/program' on line 1164:
> /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/domains/program
> #line 1 "tmp/program_used_flags.te"
> /usr/bin/checkpolicy:  error(s) encountered while parsing configuration
> make: *** [/etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.18] Error 1

Sounds like a bug in the policy Makefile in the generation of the
policy.conf file, as that string
('/etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/domains/program') shouldn't appear in
it.  Provide more context please, e.g. the lines around line 1164 of the
policy.conf file.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency