reassign 291631 lintian severity 291631 wishlist thanks On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Greg Norris wrote:
> Package: diff > Version: 2.8.1-9 > Severity: minor > > The binaries appear to have been built without the PT_GNU_STACK header, > which makes the 2.6.10 kernel enable read-implies-exec behaviour. This > in turn causes problems under SELinux, because executable stacks are not > typically allowed for legacy binaries. > > $ execstack -q `which cmp diff` > ? /usr/bin/cmp > ? /usr/bin/diff > > It appears that rebuilding with a current toolchain is all that's > required to work around this issue. I didn't have to do anything > special under sid (i386), at least. > > $ gcc --version | head -1 > gcc (GCC) 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-6) > $ execstack -q `which cmp diff` > - /usr/bin/cmp > - /usr/bin/diff > > > I've set the severity to minor, since SELinux isn't currently integrated > into Debian proper. Please let me know if you need any additional > information. I closed this bug because there must be literally hundreds of packages like this and I consider premature to submit bugs for all of them. However, it could be that the lintian maintainer might be willing to add a check for this, so I'm reassigning this to lintian as a wishlist. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
