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From: pageexec@××××××××.hu
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] miro segfaults when PAX is not in softmode
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:24:23
Message-Id: 49DA8102.10942.4CF383DD@pageexec.freemail.hu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] miro segfaults when PAX is not in softmode by Grant
1 On 5 Apr 2009 at 8:54, Grant wrote:
2
3 > > in that case you have to use paxctl on the python interpreter, not
4 > > the script. but before that it's better to find out why it crashes,
5 > > so you should produce a coredump and analyze it.
6 >
7 > Thank you, I ran 'paxctl -m /usr/bin/python' and now miro starts
8 > without softmode enabled. I use the miro ebuild from this bug:
9 >
10 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131527
11
12 it wants too much gnome stuff for my taste, so it's up to you or someone
13 else to figure out why MPROTECT needs to be removed on python as it's less
14 than ideal. it could be something as simple as a badly marked library it
15 loads for example, but without actual debugging we'll never know...

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