Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.

Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Closes: #707183

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a9cd4df7aa59faa78d27e4c29f0444b1383456e1..103f90a191a2b50a02db9089cb3db36c504ecb28 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
     Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
     Closes: #720507
+  * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
+    Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Closes: #707183
   * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
     Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 27082429c81303e3bdc0c51c2ac2c38e2892eff1..113429b0f7f5ea1e261524d27e8cfd19ff742acf 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7021,15 +7021,14 @@ Built-Using: grub2 (= 1.99-9), loadlin (= 1.6e-1)
                  stable release of Debian supports <file>/run</file>.
                </p>
              </item>
-              <item>
-                <p>
-                  The following directories in the root filesystem are
-                  additionally allowed: <file>/sys</file> and
-                  <file>/selinux</file>. <footnote>These directories
-                  are used as mount points to mount virtual filesystems
-                  to get access to kernel information.</footnote>
-                </p>
-              </item>
+             <item>
+               <p>
+                 The <file>/sys</file> directory in the root filesystem is
+                 additionally allowed. <footnote>This directory is used as
+                   mount point to mount virtual filesystems to get access to
+                   kernel information.</footnote>
+               </p>
+             </item>
              <item>
                <p>
                  On GNU/Hurd systems, the following additional

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index b58b740df56d3b3d2255ad4a4a884e952a10cba8..a77413db604e2114b7c248217465b97410cb8fdf 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ Unreleased.
   <item>New section documenting the <tt>Dgit</tt> field in Debian
   source control files.
   </item>
+<tag>9.1.1.8</tag>
+  <item>The exception to the FHS for the <file>/selinux</file> was removed.
+  </item>
 <tag>10.10</tag>
   <item>The name of the files and directories installed by binary packages
   must be encoded in UTF-8 and should be restricted to ASCII when possible.