Bug 121943

Summary:	executable stacks notice building usbutils-0.11-r5 on Alpha
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mark L Pappin <mlp>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	alpha, tcort
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Alpha
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Mark L Pappin 2006-02-07 01:10:20 UTC

QA Notice: the following files contain executable stacks
 Files with executable stacks will not work properly (or at all!)
 on some architectures/operating systems.  A bug should be filed
 at http://bugs.gentoo.org/ to make sure the file is fixed.
--- --- RWX usr/sbin/lsusb
--- --- RWX usr/sbin/usbmodules

(installed from 2005.1 universal CD
 emerge --sync
 emerge portage
 emerge genkernel
 emerge coldplug)

Comment 1 Thomas Cort (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-07 04:05:15 UTC

Every program will give you that warning on alpha. Take a look at
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/gnu-stack.xml#doc_chap7

Comment 2 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-07 04:07:54 UTC

That being said, this a CANTFIX for the moment. I belive vapier removed that check for those arches where it is not relieable.

Cheers,
Ferdy