Sebastien Marie <[email protected]> wrote:

> sbcl compilation works by generating native code inside live managed memory, 
> and 
> permits to save the whole memory image to a file.
> 
> it is why the binary currently also needs WX and RX memory (I intent to work 
> a 
> bit on it if possible).
> 
> When generating an executable, it is copying /usr/local/bin/sbcl binary as 
> base, 
> and append the (optionally compressed) memory image to the file, to create a 
> standalone executable.
> 
> When the output file is executed, it is reading its own image, loads it in 
> memory, and use an entrypoint for loaded code.
> 
> So the generated file has all the flags it needs to run (because copied from 
> /usr/local/bin/sbcl binary).

It is ridiculous.

Even emacs stopped doing that.

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