selinux/secilc/README
Yuli Khodorkovskiy 12c7dfc553 secilc/docs: Convert DocBook documentation into github markdown
Converting to github markdown allows for easier integration with the
SELinux project wiki and viewing of documentation directly on github without
creating PDFs or reading through DocBook XML.

The conversion of DocBook to github markdown would not format tables or
keyword links properly. By maintaining the documentation in github
markdown in the repository, the content is well formatted with a table of
contents when viewing in the github wiki or in the repository.

The migration from DocBook to github markdown was done using Pandoc and
manual fixups. Mappings of CIL keywords to headings that were lost in the DocBook
conversion were added back. An introduction and design philosphy was
also pulled from the SELinux project wiki to provide more cohesion
to the current documentation.

Running make will now convert the github markdown into PDF and HTML.

Signed-off-by: Yuli Khodorkovskiy <ykhodorkovskiy@tresys.com>
2015-12-15 16:18:34 -05:00

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SELinux Common Intermediate Language (CIL) Compiler
INTRODUCTION
The SELinux CIL Compiler is a compiler that converts the CIL language as
described on the CIL design wiki into a kernel binary policy file.
Please see the CIL Design Wiki at:
http://github.com/SELinuxProject/cil/wiki/
for more information about the goals and features on the CIL language.
DEPENDENCIES
gcc >= 4.5.1
libsepol >= 2.4
BUILD STEPS
Run "make" with one of the following targets:
make
Build the CIL compiler (secilc).
make test
Pass a sample policy to test with the compiler.
make install
Install the secilc compiler and man page to disk.
make clean
Remove temporary build files.
make man
Build the secilc man page.
make bare
Remove temporary build files and compile binaries.
USAGE
Execute 'secilc' with any number of CIL files as arguments. A binary policy and
file_contexts file will be created.
Use the '--help' option for more details.
DOCUMENTATION
There is a github markdown CIL Reference Guide in the docs directory. To
view the table of contents, see README.md in the docs directory.
To convert the github markdown content to HTML and PDF, change to the docs
directory and run:
make
The documents will be located in the docs/html and docs/pdf directories.
To build the html and pdf, the pandoc package is required.
KNOWN ISSUES
- Blocks inside of macros causes undefined behavior
- Policy must be well formed. For example, invalid usage of
sensitivities/categories/levels may create an unloaded binary
- Recursive limits are not handled