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Subject: Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?
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> 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

Incredible, I expected it to be zero.  Too bad there is a lack of
documentation on this feature.  I do know that both the compiler and
linker are involved, so maybe they have not been modified on that
machine?  Anyway, I'll try to come up with a better test where we
check the heap start address explicitly.

	Jan D.