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From: Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-hardened] Re: Remove the pic use flag in the hardened amd64 profile.
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:27:08
Message-Id: 20110227031158.1d772229@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Remove the pic use flag in the hardened amd64 profile. by klondike
1 On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:20:57 +0100
2 klondike <franxisco1988@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > 2011/2/27 Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com>:
5 > > On 26/02/2011 18:01, Magnus Granberg wrote:
6 > >>
7 > >> If you have read the last meeting we will be removing the pic use flag as
8 > >> default on in the hardened amd64 profile. We will start with the changes
9 > >> when
10 > >> the new structure to the profiles have settled down.
11 > >
12 > > Hi, any chance of a bit of background on this change?  ie the "why" and some
13 > > of the implications?
14 > Summing it up a lot, amd64 usually needs not special asm code for PIC
15 > due to the way the ABI is defined (which means being PIC by default
16 > usually).
17
18 You summed it up too much. Why does this need to change?
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22 fonts, gcc-porting, it makes no sense how it makes no sense
23 toolchain, wxwidgets but i'll take it free anytime
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