121943 – executable stacks notice building usbutils-0.11-r5 on Alpha

Bug 121943 - executable stacks notice building usbutils-0.11-r5 on Alpha

Summary: executable stacks notice building usbutils-0.11-r5 on Alpha

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	Alpha Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2006-02-07 01:10 UTC by Mark L Pappin
Modified:	2006-02-07 04:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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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