+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #627788 +++

Description of problem:
If SELinux is disabled, when slip.util.files.overwrite_safely is called with
the default preserve_context=True, it fails because it cannot read the
"security.selinux" xattr of the destination file.  This makes it impossible
to save the configuration in system-config-date.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-slip-0.2.12-1.fc13.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
touch foo
python <<SCRIPT
from slip.util.files import overwrite_safely
overwrite_safely("foo", "content")
SCRIPT
  
Actual results:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/slip/util/files.py", line 179, in overwrite_safely
    ret, ctx = selinux.getfilecon(path)
OSError: [Errno 61] No data available

Expected results:
The file is successfully written.

--- Additional comment from nphilipp on 2010-08-31 09:47:57 EDT ---

I seem to have misunderstood the possible return values of selinux.is_selinux_enabled():

commit 6502bebb6b94d613e84e2cc517a299e2cb9028c9
Author: Nils Philippsen <nils>
Date:   Tue Aug 31 15:43:30 2010 +0200

    fix overwrite_safely() if SELinux is disabled (#627788)

diff --git a/slip/util/files.py b/slip/util/files.py
index b248d17..1b2887d 100644
--- a/slip/util/files.py
+++ b/slip/util/files.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def overwrite_safely(path, content, preserve_mode=True, preserve_context=True):
 
     exists = os.path.exists(path)
 
-    if preserve_context and selinux.is_selinux_enabled() < 0:
+    if preserve_context and selinux.is_selinux_enabled() <= 0:
         preserve_context = False
 
     try: