On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 09:12:35AM +0000, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 05:16:31PM +0200, Jan Kurik wrote:
The linker can now put all code and read-only data sections into a separate segment with only READ and EXECUTE permissions. All writable data can be placed into a separate segment with READ and WRITE permissions. This makes programs larger, but safer. The linker's behaviour can be controlled via a command line option, and the default set by a configure option.
Will this configuration option be switched on in Fedora?
Switch the binutils package from being based on the 2.30 release of the FSF binutils to being based on the 2.31 release. This release will bring in numerous bug fixes, as well as the following new features:
Do you foresee any significant issues with this version upgrade in the mass rebuild? Anything in particular that maintainers and upstreams should looks at?
Zbyszek
Also, what is the relationship between https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BINUTILS230 and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BINUTILS231 ?
Zbyszek