On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 12:45:09 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 16:49:08 +0100, Bálint Réczey wrote: > > > Dear Release Team, > > > > GCC uses PIE by default in unstable and testing but most packages > > which haven't been rebuilt since the transition still ship unprotected > > binaries [1]. > > > > If the Team agrees I suggest rebuilding the packages which would > > benefit from a rebuild. In case this gets a green light I would > > volunteer to perform a test rebuild for each package to see if the > > lintian warning goes away. > > > I don't think rebuilding the world on all release architectures in the > middle of the freeze is a good idea. It's adding churn and risk and > work which IMO outweigh the supposed benefits. > That said a test rebuild (outside the archive) on all/most architectures wouldn't be a bad idea.
Cheers, Julien
