#703: all binaries built by ghc have executable stacks ----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: ezyang Type: merge | Status: merge Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.6.1 Component: | Version: 7.6.3 Compiler (NCG) | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: Linux | Difficulty: Moderate (less than a day) Type of failure: | Blocked By: None/Unknown | Related Tickets: Test Case: N/A | Blocking: | ----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Changes (by ezyang): * status: new => merge Comment: {{{ commit 08a38628f29df63ac842f4d083efb414f42d7bff Author: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang@mit.edu> Date: Tue Jul 9 00:01:43 2013 -0700 Disable executable stack for the linker note, fixing #703 (again) Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang@mit.edu> }}} and {{{ commit 0f31b197f4fba916c12d03c80d7a6c59d2724242 Author: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang@mit.edu> Date: Tue Jul 9 00:54:33 2013 -0700 Add test to check stack is not executable, to prevent #703 regressions. Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang@mit.edu> }}} Uses the 'readelf' binary, which hopefully is available on everyone's machines. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/703#comment:18> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler