On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 11:30 -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote:
Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Some interesting information about the shared library execute bit issue.
>
> Why is it that we require the execute bit? I found an old post about it
> maybe being tied to the kernel protecting overwriting running programs,
> but no idea if that ever was put it place.
So, any closer to an answer on this question?
The short answer: This is how rpm marks files for tracking requires and
stripping debuginfo.
Is this the best way to do it? Probably not. Seems like a good target
for improvement in upstream rpm. I'm sure they'd love some patches.
~spot