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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 20215@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20215: 25.0.50; Support compilation as PIE
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:11:16 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAArVCkQSDyVR3cS=cThPAAB9H==8V2Ce-mAUSjo6+t6VBf3UNw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvegoaoycb.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>

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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> schrieb am Fr., 27. März 2015 um
23:46 Uhr:

> > Currently when trying to compile as a position-independent executable,
> > e.g.
>
> > ./configure CFLAGS=-fPIE LDFLAGS=-pie && make
>
> > Emacs segfaults when dumping.
>
> I have no idea why it would crash during the dumping process, but
> I wouldn't be surprised if after a successful dump of `temacs', the
> resulting `emacs' crashes early on, since the dump will be writing
> a heap which will probably contain pointers back into the code.
>
>
>
I haven't investigated why it crashes in detail, but since the dumper
prevents ASLR and PIE (and doesn't work on platforms such as Chromium), I
think it should be replaced by a portable dumper.

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-21 20:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <21790.32815.900501.879079@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de>
2015-03-27 21:42 ` bug#20215: 25.0.50; Support compilation as PIE Philipp Stephani
2015-03-27 22:46   ` Stefan Monnier
2015-06-21 20:11     ` Philipp Stephani [this message]
2015-06-22 15:58       ` Stefan Monnier
2019-09-05 22:00         ` Glenn Morris
     [not found]   ` <handler.20215.C.142806226423827.notifdonectrl.3@debbugs.gnu.org>
2015-04-03 15:33     ` bug#20215: acknowledged by developer (control message for bug #18784) Philipp Stephani
     [not found] <m2618zzqqy.fsf@gmail.com>
2015-04-13 21:09 ` bug#20215: 25.0.50; Support compilation as PIE Philipp Stephani

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