On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:51 PM, thorsten <fly_b...@gmx.de> wrote: > ld of binutils-2.21.1 and 2.21.1a has a bug when compiling (some) pie code, > see > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/663294 > > This is fixed in 2.22. > > I updated the binutils patch and crosschecked my doing with > > 63_all_binutils-2.22-pt-pax-flags-20111121.patch of gentoo. > > Using this patch with binutils-2.22 makes it possible to compile firefox > with pie enabled, which resulted in a not starting firefox when using > 2.21.1* > >
wow! this is great so now we can actually have a normally updating firefox that does not need paxctl to turn off pax flags are there pie 64 bit firefox binary packages out there? > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- quarq consulting: agile, open source -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
