On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:01:57 +0200 Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [...] > > > Why would you remove XT-pax flags anyways? Because I don't use XT flags (yet) and I like to keep things "clean" and consistent. I have PAX_MARKINGS="PT" in my make.conf, so every ELF is PT marked only. This was the reason that I removed the XT marks from the nVidia shared object. On the other hand it excludes the possibility of inconsistent XT and PT markings. > It's just xattr (shouldn't > cause much overhead) and since PT-pax is going to be deprecated (iirc > soon), you have a backup with the XT-pax flags (so you don't have > breakage when the switch occurs). I know and agree that XT markings are superior, especially for a closed source binary file where altering the ELF header is not necessarily safe. But I was thinking to wait until XT-pax markings will get stable (bug #465000). Regards, Balint
