On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 04:53:08PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 04:39:01PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:51:28AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > > > Hello! Please enable PIE support in the build, since this is correctly > > > handled in the upstream build scripts (and is an upstream default). > > > This gains a measure of additional security on kernels that randomize > > > relocatable program segments.
> > Bug #346416 is the reason this was disabled in the first place. > That should be a bug in gdb, not in samba. Bug 346409 is open with a > patch to handle PIE. Sure; but the ability to get meaningful backtraces out of samba was considered more important in the near term. > > Does gdb handle PIE better these days? > Currently Debian's gdb does not handle PIE. The above bug, if closed, > would solve this. Ok, then I think this bug unfortunately should be 'wontfix' until the gdb bug is addressed. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org