GNU bug report logs - #20215
25.0.50; Support compilation as PIE

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 37311

Found in versions 24.4, 25.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20215: closed (25.0.50; Support compilation as PIE)
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 22:01:01 +0000
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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; Support compilation as PIE
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:42:39 +0100
Currently when trying to compile as a position-independent executable,
e.g.

./configure CFLAGS=-fPIE LDFLAGS=-pie && make

Emacs segfaults when dumping.



In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.8)
 of 2014-12-01 on touchstone.was.corp.google.com, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11501000
System Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 20215-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20215: 25.0.50; Support compilation as PIE
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:00:26 -0400
Version: 27.1

>> ... it should be replaced by a portable dumper.

And lo, it was.

Compiling with -fPIE seems to work with the portable dumper that will be
the default for Emacs 27.1 onwards.


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