On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 10:02:37AM +0100, Emeric Maschino wrote: > > > >Although I hate to do it, it looks like we're going to have to slip > > > >Fedora Core 5 test3 by a week. There is an ABI change in the gcc/glibc > > > >stack that requires a rebuild of the entire distribution. > > > > > > > > > > > Can you elaborate on this ABI change? > > <snip> > > > 3) many binaries on ia64 were having text relocations, which is bad > > from security POV > > <snip> > > Does this mean that the forthcoming gcc/glibc packages will address this > issue and that the execmod checks can be enabled again in the IA-64 > kernel? Yes, but it would be better to wait until all packages are rebuilt ;). Jakub -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
