Re: [Axiom-mail] Compile error

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 3:58 PM, root <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield

> The SELinux folks seem unable to understand that someone might want
> to actually execute code out of the heap or stack memory. Or that
> saving and restoring a process might be useful. Both have been
> available in lisp implementations since the early days. I can only
> conclude that the SELinux developers lack a good computer science
> background. I've complained thru several channels without results.
> It is yet another case of "better to be safe than useful" from the
> security team. Then again, maybe they view lisp as a virus that
> needs to be eradicated. Whatever the rational is, I'm sure it is
> "classified" beyond my need to know.

It is worth mentioning that that feature has been there in other open source
operating systems, long before it gets adopted by GNU/Linux variants.
It is also worth mentioning that there are Lisp systems (such as ECL)
that do not need this feature,

-- Gaby