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authorAndres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>2023-11-17 10:23:02 -0800
committerAndres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>2023-11-17 10:23:02 -0800
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docs: Document --with-selinux/-Dselinux options centrally
Previously --with-selinux was documented only in the in the sepgsql documentation and there was no corresponding documentation for meson. There are further improvements that could be made, but this change seems worthwhile even on its own. Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> Reported-by: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20231103163848.26egkh5qdgw3vmil@awork3.anarazel.de
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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml21
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml11
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index a3dc6eb855f..8e926a3a8cb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1198,6 +1198,16 @@ build-postgresql:
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="configure-option-with-sepgsql">
+ <term><option>--with-selinux</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Build with SElinux support, enabling the <xref linkend="sepgsql"/>
+ extension.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</sect3>
@@ -2629,6 +2639,17 @@ ninja install
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="configure-with-sepgsql-meson">
+ <term><option>-Dselinux={ auto | enabled | disabled }</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Build with SElinux support, enabling the <xref linkend="sepgsql"/>
+ extension. Defaults to auto.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</sect3>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml
index b368e587cbf..1b848f1977c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml
@@ -87,9 +87,14 @@ Policy from config file: targeted
</para>
<para>
- To build this module, include the option <literal>--with-selinux</literal> in
- your PostgreSQL <literal>configure</literal> command. Be sure that the
- <filename>libselinux-devel</filename> RPM is installed at build time.
+ To build this module specify <xref
+ linkend="configure-option-with-sepgsql"/> (when using <link
+ linkend="install-make">make and autoconf</link> ) or <xref
+ linkend="configure-with-sepgsql-meson"/> (when using <link
+ linkend="install-meson">meson</link>).
+
+ Be sure that the <filename>libselinux-devel</filename> RPM is installed at
+ build time.
</para>
<para>