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Re: [PATCH] add a configure option for using RELRO by default

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: Romain Geissler <romain dot geissler at amadeus dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, schwab at suse dot de, hjl dot tools at gmail dot com, danielmicay at gmail dot com
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:48:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a configure option for using RELRO by default
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On 11 Nov 2015 03:01, Romain Geissler wrote:
> For us the goal is obviously to activate it by default, like many we have
> been using relro binaries for years now without any issue (x64). I know
> SuSe that we use is shipping by default binutils having a similar patch.
> However I'll wait the advice of the binutils gurus to decide this change.

i don't remember if i mentioned this before, but we've been doing it in Gentoo
as well for all arches/targets since at least 2.18 / 2008.  i don't recall any 
grievous bugs due to it, but it's been a long time ...
-mike

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