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Makefiles: override *FLAGS and *LIBS

Message ID 20170620151641.19421-1-jason@perfinion.com (mailing list archive)
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Jason Zaman June 20, 2017, 3:16 p.m. UTC
There were several places in the makefiles where LDLIBS or CFLAGS were
supposed to include options to build. They were missing the override
keyword so would be skipped if these vars were set on the make cmdline.
Add the override directive to fix this.

Signed-off-by: Jason Zaman <jason@perfinion.com>
---
 libsemanage/tests/Makefile               | 13 ++++---------
 libsepol/utils/Makefile                  |  2 +-
 mcstrans/utils/Makefile                  |  2 +-
 policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile          |  2 +-
 policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile     |  2 +-
 policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile         | 10 +++++-----
 policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile        |  8 ++++----
 policycoreutils/secon/Makefile           |  2 +-
 policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile        |  3 +--
 policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile        |  6 +++---
 policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile        |  8 ++++----
 policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile       |  2 +-
 restorecond/Makefile                     |  2 +-
 sandbox/Makefile                         |  2 +-
 secilc/Makefile                          |  3 +--
 semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile  |  2 +-
 semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile    |  2 +-
 semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile |  2 +-
 18 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

Comments

Stephen Smalley June 20, 2017, 4:19 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 23:16 +0800, Jason Zaman wrote:
> There were several places in the makefiles where LDLIBS or CFLAGS
> were
> supposed to include options to build. They were missing the override
> keyword so would be skipped if these vars were set on the make
> cmdline.
> Add the override directive to fix this.

Thanks, applied.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Zaman <jason@perfinion.com>
> ---
>  libsemanage/tests/Makefile               | 13 ++++---------
>  libsepol/utils/Makefile                  |  2 +-
>  mcstrans/utils/Makefile                  |  2 +-
>  policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile          |  2 +-
>  policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile     |  2 +-
>  policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile         | 10 +++++-----
>  policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile        |  8 ++++----
>  policycoreutils/secon/Makefile           |  2 +-
>  policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile        |  3 +--
>  policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile        |  6 +++---
>  policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile        |  8 ++++----
>  policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile       |  2 +-
>  restorecond/Makefile                     |  2 +-
>  sandbox/Makefile                         |  2 +-
>  secilc/Makefile                          |  3 +--
>  semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile  |  2 +-
>  semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile    |  2 +-
>  semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile |  2 +-
>  18 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libsemanage/tests/Makefile b/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
> index 9ccb5b23..fcd616fa 100644
> --- a/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
> +++ b/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
> @@ -4,24 +4,19 @@ LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
>  # Add your test source files here:
>  SOURCES = $(sort $(wildcard *.c))
>  
> -# Add the required external object files here:
> -LIBS = ../src/libsemanage.a -lselinux -lsepol
> -
>  ####################################################################
> #######
>  
>  EXECUTABLE = libsemanage-tests
>  CFLAGS += -g -O0 -Wall -W -Wundef -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-
> format-attribute -Wno-unused-parameter
> -INCLUDE = -I../src -I../include
> -LDLIBS += -lcunit -lbz2 -laudit
> +override CFLAGS += -I../src -I../include
> +override LDLIBS += -lcunit -lbz2 -laudit ../src/libsemanage.a
> -lselinux -lsepol
> +
>  OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o) 
>  
>  all: $(EXECUTABLE) 
>  
>  $(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS) ../src/libsemanage.a
> -	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDLIBS)
> -
> -%.o: %.c
> -	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE) -c $*.c -o $*.o
> +	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDLIBS)
>  
>  clean distclean: 
>  	rm -rf $(OBJECTS) $(EXECUTABLE)
> diff --git a/libsepol/utils/Makefile b/libsepol/utils/Makefile
> index 467aff27..fba1d8a0 100644
> --- a/libsepol/utils/Makefile
> +++ b/libsepol/utils/Makefile
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
>  CFLAGS ?= -Wall -Werror
>  override CFLAGS += -I../include
>  override LDFLAGS += -L../src
> -LDLIBS += -lsepol
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol
>  
>  TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
>  
> diff --git a/mcstrans/utils/Makefile b/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
> index 7e596413..e35cfc2f 100644
> --- a/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
> +++ b/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIBSEPOLA ?= $(LIBDIR)/libsepol.a
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Wall
>  override CFLAGS += -I../src -D_GNU_SOURCE
> -LDLIBS += -lselinux -lpcre
> +override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lpcre
>  
>  TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
>  
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile
> index 813c9c6c..82813498 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LIBEXECDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/libexec
>  HLLDIR ?= $(LIBEXECDIR)/selinux/hll
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
> -LDLIBS = -lsepol
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol
>  
>  PP_SRCS = $(sort $(wildcard *.c))
>  PP_OBJS = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(PP_SRCS))
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
> index 256d95af..8ee1fb16 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LOCALEDIR ?= /usr/share/locale
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
>  override CFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) -DUSE_NLS
> -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
> -LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux
>  
>  TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
>  
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
> index bdefbb83..196af926 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
> @@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ VERSION = $(shell cat ../VERSION)
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
>  EXTRA_OBJS =
>  override CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -DUSE_NLS
> -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
> -LDLIBS += -lselinux
> +override LDLIBS += -lselinux
>  ifeq ($(PAMH), y)
>  	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_PAM
>  	EXTRA_OBJS += hashtab.o
> -	LDLIBS += -lpam -lpam_misc
> +	override LDLIBS += -lpam -lpam_misc
>  else
>  	override CFLAGS += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500
> -	LDLIBS += -lcrypt
> +	override LDLIBS += -lcrypt
>  endif
>  ifeq ($(AUDITH), y)
>  	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_AUDIT
> -	LDLIBS += -laudit
> +	override LDLIBS += -laudit
>  endif
>  ifeq ($(LSPP_PRIV),y)
>  	override AUDIT_LOG_PRIV=y
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq ($(NAMESPACE_PRIV),y)
>  endif
>  ifeq ($(IS_SUID),y)
>  	MODE := 4555
> -	LDLIBS += -lcap-ng
> +	override LDLIBS += -lcap-ng
>  else
>  	MODE := 0555
>  endif
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
> index 7b259525..921f0b07 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
> @@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ AUDITH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/libaudit.h
> && echo y)
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
>  override CFLAGS += -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\""
> -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
> -LDLIBS += -lselinux
> +override LDLIBS += -lselinux
>  ifeq ($(PAMH), y)
>  	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_PAM
> -	LDLIBS += -lpam -lpam_misc
> +	override LDLIBS += -lpam -lpam_misc
>  else
>  	override CFLAGS += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500
> -	LDLIBS += -lcrypt
> +	override LDLIBS += -lcrypt
>  endif
>  ifeq ($(AUDITH), y)
>  	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_AUDIT
> -	LDLIBS += -laudit
> +	override LDLIBS += -laudit
>  endif
>  
>  TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
> index 1f074ff1..8e491d74 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ WARNS=-Werror -W -Wall -Wundef -Wshadow -Wpointer-
> arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wca
>  VERSION = $(shell cat ../VERSION)
>  CFLAGS ?= $(WARNS) -O1
>  override CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
> -LDLIBS = -lselinux
> +override LDLIBS += -lselinux
>  
>  all: secon
>  
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
> index 39ff6a93..fffb43ac 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
> @@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
>  LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
> -LDLIBS = -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
>  SEMODULE_OBJS = semodule.o
>  
>  all: semodule genhomedircon
>  
>  semodule: $(SEMODULE_OBJS)
> -	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)
>  
>  genhomedircon:
>  	ln -sf semodule genhomedircon
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
> index 8dbbc011..41ca6832 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
> @@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
>  override CFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
> -LDLIBS = -lselinux
> +override LDLIBS += -lselinux
>  
>  all: sestatus
>  
> -sestatus:  sestatus.o 
> +sestatus: sestatus.o
>  
>  install: all
>  	[ -d $(MANDIR)/man8 ] || mkdir -p $(MANDIR)/man8
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ install: all
>  	install -m 644 sestatus.conf $(ETCDIR)
>  
>  clean:
> -	rm -f sestatus *.o 
> +	rm -f sestatus *.o
>  
>  indent:
>  	../../scripts/Lindent $(wildcard *.[ch])
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
> index 4b8cd815..c08e2dd1 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
> @@ -8,21 +8,21 @@ AUDITH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/libaudit.h
> && echo y)
>  ABORT_ON_ERRORS=$(shell grep "^\#define ABORT_ON_ERRORS" setfiles.c
> | awk -S '{ print $$3 }')
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -g -Werror -Wall -W
> -LDLIBS = -lselinux -lsepol
> +override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lsepol
>  
>  ifeq ($(AUDITH), y)
>  	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_AUDIT
> -	LDLIBS += -laudit
> +	override LDLIBS += -laudit
>  endif
>  
>  all: setfiles restorecon restorecon_xattr man
>  
> -setfiles:  setfiles.o restore.o
> +setfiles: setfiles.o restore.o
>  
>  restorecon: setfiles
>  	ln -sf setfiles restorecon
>  
> -restorecon_xattr:  restorecon_xattr.o restore.o
> +restorecon_xattr: restorecon_xattr.o restore.o
>  
>  man:
>  	@cp -af setfiles.8 setfiles.8.man
> diff --git a/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
> b/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
> index 32959635..bc254dab 100644
> --- a/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
> +++ b/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
>  BASHCOMPLETIONDIR ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/bash-
> completion/completions
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
> -LDLIBS = -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
>  SETSEBOOL_OBJS = setsebool.o
>  
>  BASHCOMPLETIONS=setsebool-bash-completion.sh 
> diff --git a/restorecond/Makefile b/restorecond/Makefile
> index b1df89f7..ada94aeb 100644
> --- a/restorecond/Makefile
> +++ b/restorecond/Makefile
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ else
>  endif
>  export PCRE_CFLAGS PCRE_LDLIBS
>  
> -LDLIBS += -lselinux $(PCRE_LDLIBS) $(DBUSLIB)
> +override LDLIBS += -lselinux $(PCRE_LDLIBS) $(DBUSLIB)
>  
>  all: restorecond
>  
> diff --git a/sandbox/Makefile b/sandbox/Makefile
> index b12fb774..05c3d658 100644
> --- a/sandbox/Makefile
> +++ b/sandbox/Makefile
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
>  LOCALEDIR ?= /usr/share/locale
>  SHAREDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/sandbox
>  override CFLAGS += -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\"" -Wall -Werror
> -Wextra -W
> -LDLIBS += -lselinux -lcap-ng
> +override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lcap-ng
>  SEUNSHARE_OBJS = seunshare.o
>  
>  all: sandbox seunshare sandboxX.sh start
> diff --git a/secilc/Makefile b/secilc/Makefile
> index 1e36c6e0..1cac53e4 100644
> --- a/secilc/Makefile
> +++ b/secilc/Makefile
> @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
>  LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
>  INCLUDEDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/include
>  
> -LDLIBS = -lsepol
> -
>  SECILC = secilc
>  SECILC_SRCS := secilc.c
>  SECILC_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SECILC_SRCS))
> @@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ XMLTO = xmlto
>  CFLAGS ?= -Wall -Wshadow -Wextra -Wundef -Wmissing-format-attribute
> -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wunused
>  
>  override CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol
>  
>  all: $(SECILC) $(SECIL2CONF) man
>  
> diff --git a/semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile b/semodule-
> utils/semodule_expand/Makefile
> index 22e3579c..072f2137 100644
> --- a/semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile
> +++ b/semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
>  MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
> -LDLIBS = -lsepol
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol
>  
>  all: semodule_expand
>  
> diff --git a/semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile b/semodule-
> utils/semodule_link/Makefile
> index 1e4e2788..cc4687bd 100644
> --- a/semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile
> +++ b/semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
>  LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
> -LDLIBS = -lsepol
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol
>  
>  all: semodule_link
>  
> diff --git a/semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile b/semodule-
> utils/semodule_package/Makefile
> index 5b0d2cc9..96dd7c4f 100644
> --- a/semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile
> +++ b/semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
>  MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
>  
>  CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
> -LDLIBS = -lsepol
> +override LDLIBS += -lsepol
>  
>  all: semodule_package semodule_unpackage
>
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Patch

diff --git a/libsemanage/tests/Makefile b/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
index 9ccb5b23..fcd616fa 100644
--- a/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
+++ b/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
@@ -4,24 +4,19 @@  LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 # Add your test source files here:
 SOURCES = $(sort $(wildcard *.c))
 
-# Add the required external object files here:
-LIBS = ../src/libsemanage.a -lselinux -lsepol
-
 ###########################################################################
 
 EXECUTABLE = libsemanage-tests
 CFLAGS += -g -O0 -Wall -W -Wundef -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wno-unused-parameter
-INCLUDE = -I../src -I../include
-LDLIBS += -lcunit -lbz2 -laudit
+override CFLAGS += -I../src -I../include
+override LDLIBS += -lcunit -lbz2 -laudit ../src/libsemanage.a -lselinux -lsepol
+
 OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o) 
 
 all: $(EXECUTABLE) 
 
 $(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS) ../src/libsemanage.a
-	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDLIBS)
-
-%.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE) -c $*.c -o $*.o
+	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDLIBS)
 
 clean distclean: 
 	rm -rf $(OBJECTS) $(EXECUTABLE)
diff --git a/libsepol/utils/Makefile b/libsepol/utils/Makefile
index 467aff27..fba1d8a0 100644
--- a/libsepol/utils/Makefile
+++ b/libsepol/utils/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@  BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 CFLAGS ?= -Wall -Werror
 override CFLAGS += -I../include
 override LDFLAGS += -L../src
-LDLIBS += -lsepol
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol
 
 TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
 
diff --git a/mcstrans/utils/Makefile b/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
index 7e596413..e35cfc2f 100644
--- a/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
+++ b/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  LIBSEPOLA ?= $(LIBDIR)/libsepol.a
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Wall
 override CFLAGS += -I../src -D_GNU_SOURCE
-LDLIBS += -lselinux -lpcre
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lpcre
 
 TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
 
diff --git a/policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile b/policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile
index 813c9c6c..82813498 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/hll/pp/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@  LIBEXECDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/libexec
 HLLDIR ?= $(LIBEXECDIR)/selinux/hll
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-LDLIBS = -lsepol
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol
 
 PP_SRCS = $(sort $(wildcard *.c))
 PP_OBJS = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(PP_SRCS))
diff --git a/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile b/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
index 256d95af..8ee1fb16 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  LOCALEDIR ?= /usr/share/locale
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
 override CFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
-LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux
 
 TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
 
diff --git a/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile b/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
index bdefbb83..196af926 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@  VERSION = $(shell cat ../VERSION)
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
 EXTRA_OBJS =
 override CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
-LDLIBS += -lselinux
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 ifeq ($(PAMH), y)
 	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_PAM
 	EXTRA_OBJS += hashtab.o
-	LDLIBS += -lpam -lpam_misc
+	override LDLIBS += -lpam -lpam_misc
 else
 	override CFLAGS += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500
-	LDLIBS += -lcrypt
+	override LDLIBS += -lcrypt
 endif
 ifeq ($(AUDITH), y)
 	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_AUDIT
-	LDLIBS += -laudit
+	override LDLIBS += -laudit
 endif
 ifeq ($(LSPP_PRIV),y)
 	override AUDIT_LOG_PRIV=y
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@  ifeq ($(NAMESPACE_PRIV),y)
 endif
 ifeq ($(IS_SUID),y)
 	MODE := 4555
-	LDLIBS += -lcap-ng
+	override LDLIBS += -lcap-ng
 else
 	MODE := 0555
 endif
diff --git a/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile b/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
index 7b259525..921f0b07 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@  AUDITH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/libaudit.h && echo y)
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
 override CFLAGS += -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
-LDLIBS += -lselinux
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 ifeq ($(PAMH), y)
 	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_PAM
-	LDLIBS += -lpam -lpam_misc
+	override LDLIBS += -lpam -lpam_misc
 else
 	override CFLAGS += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500
-	LDLIBS += -lcrypt
+	override LDLIBS += -lcrypt
 endif
 ifeq ($(AUDITH), y)
 	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_AUDIT
-	LDLIBS += -laudit
+	override LDLIBS += -laudit
 endif
 
 TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
diff --git a/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile b/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
index 1f074ff1..8e491d74 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@  WARNS=-Werror -W -Wall -Wundef -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wca
 VERSION = $(shell cat ../VERSION)
 CFLAGS ?= $(WARNS) -O1
 override CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
-LDLIBS = -lselinux
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 
 all: secon
 
diff --git a/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile b/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
index 39ff6a93..fffb43ac 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@  MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-LDLIBS = -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
 SEMODULE_OBJS = semodule.o
 
 all: semodule genhomedircon
 
 semodule: $(SEMODULE_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)
 
 genhomedircon:
 	ln -sf semodule genhomedircon
diff --git a/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile b/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
index 8dbbc011..41ca6832 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@  LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
 override CFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-LDLIBS = -lselinux
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 
 all: sestatus
 
-sestatus:  sestatus.o 
+sestatus: sestatus.o
 
 install: all
 	[ -d $(MANDIR)/man8 ] || mkdir -p $(MANDIR)/man8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@  install: all
 	install -m 644 sestatus.conf $(ETCDIR)
 
 clean:
-	rm -f sestatus *.o 
+	rm -f sestatus *.o
 
 indent:
 	../../scripts/Lindent $(wildcard *.[ch])
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
index 4b8cd815..c08e2dd1 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
@@ -8,21 +8,21 @@  AUDITH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/libaudit.h && echo y)
 ABORT_ON_ERRORS=$(shell grep "^\#define ABORT_ON_ERRORS" setfiles.c | awk -S '{ print $$3 }')
 
 CFLAGS ?= -g -Werror -Wall -W
-LDLIBS = -lselinux -lsepol
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lsepol
 
 ifeq ($(AUDITH), y)
 	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_AUDIT
-	LDLIBS += -laudit
+	override LDLIBS += -laudit
 endif
 
 all: setfiles restorecon restorecon_xattr man
 
-setfiles:  setfiles.o restore.o
+setfiles: setfiles.o restore.o
 
 restorecon: setfiles
 	ln -sf setfiles restorecon
 
-restorecon_xattr:  restorecon_xattr.o restore.o
+restorecon_xattr: restorecon_xattr.o restore.o
 
 man:
 	@cp -af setfiles.8 setfiles.8.man
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile b/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
index 32959635..bc254dab 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 BASHCOMPLETIONDIR ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-LDLIBS = -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
 SETSEBOOL_OBJS = setsebool.o
 
 BASHCOMPLETIONS=setsebool-bash-completion.sh 
diff --git a/restorecond/Makefile b/restorecond/Makefile
index b1df89f7..ada94aeb 100644
--- a/restorecond/Makefile
+++ b/restorecond/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@  else
 endif
 export PCRE_CFLAGS PCRE_LDLIBS
 
-LDLIBS += -lselinux $(PCRE_LDLIBS) $(DBUSLIB)
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux $(PCRE_LDLIBS) $(DBUSLIB)
 
 all: restorecond
 
diff --git a/sandbox/Makefile b/sandbox/Makefile
index b12fb774..05c3d658 100644
--- a/sandbox/Makefile
+++ b/sandbox/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@  MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 LOCALEDIR ?= /usr/share/locale
 SHAREDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/sandbox
 override CFLAGS += -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\"" -Wall -Werror -Wextra -W
-LDLIBS += -lselinux -lcap-ng
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lcap-ng
 SEUNSHARE_OBJS = seunshare.o
 
 all: sandbox seunshare sandboxX.sh start
diff --git a/secilc/Makefile b/secilc/Makefile
index 1e36c6e0..1cac53e4 100644
--- a/secilc/Makefile
+++ b/secilc/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@  MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 INCLUDEDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/include
 
-LDLIBS = -lsepol
-
 SECILC = secilc
 SECILC_SRCS := secilc.c
 SECILC_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SECILC_SRCS))
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@  XMLTO = xmlto
 CFLAGS ?= -Wall -Wshadow -Wextra -Wundef -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wunused
 
 override CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol
 
 all: $(SECILC) $(SECIL2CONF) man
 
diff --git a/semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile b/semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile
index 22e3579c..072f2137 100644
--- a/semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile
+++ b/semodule-utils/semodule_expand/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-LDLIBS = -lsepol
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol
 
 all: semodule_expand
 
diff --git a/semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile b/semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile
index 1e4e2788..cc4687bd 100644
--- a/semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile
+++ b/semodule-utils/semodule_link/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-LDLIBS = -lsepol
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol
 
 all: semodule_link
 
diff --git a/semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile b/semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile
index 5b0d2cc9..96dd7c4f 100644
--- a/semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile
+++ b/semodule-utils/semodule_package/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-LDLIBS = -lsepol
+override LDLIBS += -lsepol
 
 all: semodule_package semodule_unpackage