On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 11:30 -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote: > Orion Poplawski wrote: > > Some interesting information about the shared library execute bit issue. > > > > Why is it that we require the execute bit? I found an old post about it > > maybe being tied to the kernel protecting overwriting running programs, > > but no idea if that ever was put it place. > > So, any closer to an answer on this question? The short answer: This is how rpm marks files for tracking requires and stripping debuginfo. Is this the best way to do it? Probably not. Seems like a good target for improvement in upstream rpm. I'm sure they'd love some patches. ~spot -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
