libseccomp-2.5.4

Introduction to libseccomp

The libseccomp package provides an easy to use and platform independent interface to the Linux kernel's syscall filtering mechanism.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2 platform.

Download (HTTP): https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp/releases/download/v2.5.4/libseccomp-2.5.4.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 74008bb33234e0c2a0d998e7bee5c625
Download size: 624 KB
Estimated disk space required: 6.3 MB (additional 3.8 MB for tests)
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (additional 2.1 SBU for tests)

Which-2.21 (needed for tests), Valgrind-3.19.0, Cython (for python bindings), and LCOV

Install libseccomp by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--enable-python: this switch is needed to build python bindings if Cython is installed.

Installed Program: scmp_sys_resolver

Installed Library: libseccomp.so

Installed Directories: None

scmp_sys_resolver	is used to resolve system calls for applications
`libseccomp.so`	contains API functions for translating syscalls