GNU bug report logs - #23529
Request for fixing randomize_va_space build issues

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: fixed

Merged with 13964

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #65 received at 23529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com, 23529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23529: Request for fixing randomize_va_space build issues
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 11:44:57 -0700

On 09/06/2016 10:40 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> So we will be giving up the ability of end-users to re-dump their
> Emacs, unless they have a compiler/binutils installed that are
> compatible with the ones used to build the Emacs binary?

No, the idea would be to keep the current undump as-is, and to use the 
new mechanism when building and installing Emacs. That way, end-users 
would not lose any abilities that they already have. It's OK that new 
mechanism would work on some platforms where the current undump does not.
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