From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:20:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041004212031.GB2219@fencepost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AEB4F6C4-1616-11D9-94A0-000D93505B76@swipnet.se>
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 05:04:26PM +0200, Jan D. wrote:
> >and so emacs refuses to configure -- but if disable this test by doing:
> >
> > $ make ac_cv_file__proc_sys_kernel_exec_shield=no
> >
> >Then Emacs configures and dumps just fine, despite not using `setarch'.
>
> Does that machine have a /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize file?
Yes:
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize
1
> It is the random start address of the heap that makes dumping fail.
Er... don't ask me, I just know it seems to work...
-Miles
--
"Most attacks seem to take place at night, during a rainstorm, uphill,
where four map sheets join." -- Anon. British Officer in WW I
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-04 21:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-04 5:53 `exec shield' test in configure too strict? Miles Bader
2004-10-04 15:04 ` Jan D.
2004-10-04 21:20 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2004-10-04 21:37 ` Jan D.
2004-10-05 20:40 ` Jan D.
2004-10-05 21:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-05 22:11 ` Jan D.
2004-10-06 0:18 ` Stefan
2004-10-06 1:34 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-06 7:50 ` Jan D.
2004-10-06 7:56 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-06 11:31 ` Jan D.
2004-10-06 7:48 ` Jan D.
2004-10-06 12:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-06 11:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-06 11:38 ` Jan D.
2004-10-07 15:44 ` Camm Maguire
2004-10-07 16:44 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-07 18:16 ` Jan D.
2004-10-09 1:25 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-11 10:30 ` Jan D.
2004-10-12 8:56 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-20 20:33 ` Jan D.
2004-10-21 13:57 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-22 21:02 ` Camm Maguire
2004-10-25 19:05 ` Jan D.
2004-10-26 20:24 ` Camm Maguire
2004-10-27 10:48 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-27 12:17 ` Jan D.
2004-11-06 17:00 ` other unexec problems Camm Maguire
2004-11-09 7:58 ` Jan D.
2004-10-05 18:04 ` `exec shield' test in configure too strict? Richard Stallman
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