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+#!/bin/bash
+
+DISTROS="redhat gentoo debian suse"
+STRICT_TYPES="strict strict-mls"
+TARG_TYPES="targeted targeted-mls"
+POLVER="`checkpolicy -V |cut -f 1 -d ' '`"
+SETFILES="/usr/sbin/setfiles"
+
+do_test() {
+	local OPTS=""
+
+	for i in $STRICT_TYPES; do
+		OPTS="TYPE=$i QUIET=@"
+		[ ! -z "$1" ] && OPTS="$OPTS DISTRO=$1"
+		make bare || exit 1
+		echo "**** Options: $OPTS ****"
+		make $OPTS conf || exit 1
+		make $OPTS || exit 1
+		make $OPTS file_contexts || exit 1
+		$SETFILES -q -c policy.$POLVER file_contexts || exit 1
+	done
+
+	# need a specific config for targeted policy
+	for i in $TARG_TYPES; do
+		OPTS="TYPE=$i QUIET=@"
+		[ ! -z "$1" ] && OPTS="$OPTS DISTRO=$1"
+		make bare || exit 1
+		echo "**** Options: $OPTS ****"
+		cp policy/modules.conf.targeted_example policy/modules.conf
+		make $OPTS conf || exit 1
+		make $OPTS || exit 1
+		make $OPTS file_contexts || exit 1
+		$SETFILES -q -c policy.$POLVER file_contexts|| exit 1
+	done
+}
+
+# first to generic test
+do_test
+
+# now distro-specitic test
+for i in $DISTROS; do
+	do_test $i
+done
+
+# clean up
+make bare
+echo "Completed successfully."