Re: [PATCH] 2026-04-07-selinux-policy-eapi-8: add news item

Kenton Groombridge <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Apr 2026 19:44:22 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
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On 26/04/07 09:44PM, Rahul Sandhu wrote:
> +What Changed
> +============
> +
> +The SELinux policy and associated packages have all been bumped to EAPI 8.

... and are introducing some upcoming breaking changes.

> +
> +POLICY_TYPES has become the USE expand SELINUX_POLICY_TYPES. As such, it may be
> +set in package.use now, like any other USE expand. However, it is recommended
> +to keep POLICY_TYPES both set, if done so previously, and in sync with the USE
> +expand set for sec-policy/selinux-base.

Is keeping both around really necessary? If we are planning to remove
POLICY_TYPES eventually it would make more sense to just tell users to
switch to the new behavior right away if they are able.

> +
> +User Action Required
> +====================
> +
> +Some user intervention may be needed due to changes in selinux-policy-2 eclass
> +variable names.
> +
> +If POLICY_TYPES is set, the SELINUX_POLICY_TYPES USE expand should be set to
> +match POLICY_TYPES' contents.
> +
> +Future Changes
> +==============
> +
> +EAPI 7 policy packages will continue to work in the short term whilst the final
> +touches for the migration take place. However, overlays should look to migrate
> +to EAPI 8 as soon as possible.

I think we ought to elaborate more here. What migration? Will users have
to do even more work to deal with the upcoming changes?

-- 
Kenton Groombridge
Gentoo Linux Developer, SELinux Project

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