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Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?
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Miles Bader |
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Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict? |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:20:31 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 05:04:26PM +0200, Jan D. wrote:
> >and so emacs refuses to configure -- but if disable this test by doing:
> >
> > $ make ac_cv_file__proc_sys_kernel_exec_shield=no
> >
> >Then Emacs configures and dumps just fine, despite not using `setarch'.
>
> Does that machine have a /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize file?
Yes:
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize
1
> It is the random start address of the heap that makes dumping fail.
Er... don't ask me, I just know it seems to work...
-Miles
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- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Jan D., 2004/10/04
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Jan D., 2004/10/05
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Stefan Monnier, 2004/10/05
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Jan D., 2004/10/05
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Stefan, 2004/10/05
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Miles Bader, 2004/10/05
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Jan D., 2004/10/06
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Miles Bader, 2004/10/06
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Jan D., 2004/10/06
- Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?, Jan D., 2004/10/06