Package: portmap
Version: 6.0-1
Severity: important
Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:01:18PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 05:31:30PM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote:
>>On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 08:26:20AM +0200, Sébastien Bernard wrote:
>>>Package: portmap
>>>Version: 6.0-0
>>>Followup-For: Bug #424029
>>
>>Bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/424029
>>
>>>I identified the problem as a -pie link which seems to be broken.
>>
>>Thank you!
>
>You're welcome.
>
>>
>>>Do we really neeed the portmap to be pie ?
>>
>>Neil, I'll build portmap without "-pie" unless you have any
>>objection.
>
>The problem has been identified as a problem in start.S on glibc.
>Please see Bug #427990.
>This affects prologue code in Scrt1.o.
>
>The good news is that there is nothing wrong with portmap.
>The bad news is that once fixed, the program must be relinked as all
>programs using the -pie option.
>
>I understand that portmap is a sensitive program that needs to be protected
>and pie is nice addition in term of safety.
>
>I submitted a patch, we'll see if it is accepted as is.
>
>       Seb

Aníbal Monsalve Salazar
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