reassign 188475 chpax thanks At Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:54:03 +0200, mikee wrote: > > Hi, > > This means that all programs using gcc nested functions (so trampoline > > technique) are totally unusable on pax environment? > > > > And do you think "chpax.sh" is useful for this purpose? If so, I > > think the temporary solution is that chpax packages supports chpax.sh. > > ok, "chpax.sh" solution is acceptable i think. it shold be called after > any package install because new executables may appear that requires > fixing... anyway nested functions are gcc extension that seem to cause > trouble, fixing gcc to generate "proper" code would be best solution > (from kernel config help)
OK, thanks, I reassign it to chpax package now. > + Skilled users can just fix GCC itself so that it implements > + nested function calls in a way that does not interfere with PaX. > so i won't bother you again :-) gcc maintainers should be bothered instead ;-) If the problem is in trampoline technique, it's difficult to change its implementation, I think. Regards, -- gotom
