Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1268)

>> I don't oppose to elimination of "--disable-row-acl" options, however,
>> it is not clear for me whether it should be unavoidable selection in
>> the future, or not.
>
> Look at the existing configure options; we don't remove features via
> configure unless it is for some platform-specific reason. Please remove
> the configure option and make it always enabled.

OK, I'll update it in the next patch set.

>>> I assume that could just be always enabled.
>> It is not "always" enabled. When we build it with SE-PostgreSQL feature,
>> rest of enhanced security features (includes the row-level ACL) are
>> disabled automatically, as we discussed before.
>
> Oh. Is that because we use SE-Linux row-level security when
> SE-PostgreSQL is enabled? I guess that makes sense.

Yes, when SE-PostgreSQL is enabled, it provides row-level security,
and the per-tuple security field is used to show its security context.

Thanks,
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KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>