linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] SELinux: change Kconfig to use select instead of depends

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Message-Id: <20071009171635.7e9a3e0c.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:16:35 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] SELinux: change Kconfig to use select instead of
 depends

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:50:49 +1000 (EST) James Morris wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> > I doth protest.  Enabling the entire NET subsystem thru a hidden
> > select is awful.  Select should be used (sparingly) to enable
> > library code only.  If someone wants NET enabled, they should
> > enable it overtly, not covertly.
> 
> Ok, fair enough.
> 
> I've dropped the patch and rebased the branch.  Please pull per:

Great, thanks.

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~Randy
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