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+# apparmor.d - Full set of apparmor profiles
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Alexandre Pujol <alexandre@pujol.io>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+abi <abi/3.0>,
+
+include <tunables/global>
+
+@{exec_path} = /{usr/,}lib/needrestart/dpkg-status
+profile dpkg-status @{exec_path} {
+  include <abstractions/base>
+
+  @{exec_path} mr,
+
+  /{usr/,}bin/{,ba,da}sh  rix,
+  /{usr/,}bin/mkdir       rix,
+  /{usr/,}bin/touch       rix,
+
+  @{run}/needrestart/{,**} rw,
+
+  include if exists <local/dpkg-status>
+}
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