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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--configure.in2
-rw-r--r--src/ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--src/Makefile.in10
4 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 95d9ecbf01..4aeffbcc4e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-06-03 Ulrich Müller <[email protected]>
+
+ * configure.in (PAXCTL): Check for paxctl. (Bug#11398)
+
2012-06-01 Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
Remove --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure'. (Bug#11555)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 055db30772..07925142bc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -699,6 +699,8 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(INSTALL_INFO, install-info, :,
$PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/sbin$PATH_SEPARATOR/sbin)
dnl Don't use GZIP, which is used by gzip for additional parameters.
AC_PATH_PROG(GZIP_PROG, gzip)
+AC_PATH_PROG(PAXCTL, paxctl,,
+ [$PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/sbin$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/sbin])
## Need makeinfo >= 4.7 (?) to build the manuals.
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 4eaf2d49f3..7f8a356eb7 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2012-06-03 Ulrich Müller <[email protected]>
+
+ * Makefile.in (PAXCTL): Define.
+ (temacs$(EXEEXT)): Disable memory randomization for the temacs
+ binary via PaX flags if the paxctl utility is available.
+ (emacs$(EXEEXT), bootstrap-emacs$(EXEEXT)):
+ Restore PaX flags to their default. (Bug#11398)
+
2012-06-03 Chong Yidong <[email protected]>
* xdisp.c (decode_mode_spec_coding): Display a space for a unibyte
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 27199578fc..47c7d5cfbc 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ TEMACS_LDFLAGS = $(LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM) $(LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM_TEMACS)
## $LDFLAGS or empty if NS_IMPL_GNUSTEP (for some reason).
TEMACS_LDFLAGS2 = @TEMACS_LDFLAGS2@
+## If available, the full path to the paxctl program.
+## On grsecurity/PaX systems, unexec will fail due to a gap between
+## the bss section and the heap. This can be prevented by disabling
+## memory randomization in temacs with "paxctl -r". See bug#11398.
+PAXCTL = @PAXCTL@
+
## Some systems define this to request special libraries.
LIBS_SYSTEM=@LIBS_SYSTEM@
@@ -403,6 +409,7 @@ emacs$(EXEEXT): temacs$(EXEEXT) $(etc)/DOC $(lisp) $(leimdir)/leim-list.el
-f list-load-path-shadows || true; \
else \
LC_ALL=C $(RUN_TEMACS) -batch -l loadup dump || exit 1; \
+ test "X$(PAXCTL)" = X || $(PAXCTL) -zex emacs$(EXEEXT); \
ln -f emacs$(EXEEXT) bootstrap-emacs$(EXEEXT); \
./emacs -batch -f list-load-path-shadows || true; \
fi
@@ -450,6 +457,8 @@ $(lib)/libgnu.a: $(config_h)
temacs$(EXEEXT): $(START_FILES) stamp-oldxmenu $(obj) $(otherobj) $(lib)/libgnu.a
$(CC) $(LD_FIRSTFLAG) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(TEMACS_LDFLAGS) $(TEMACS_LDFLAGS2) \
-o temacs $(START_FILES) $(obj) $(otherobj) $(lib)/libgnu.a $(LIBES)
+ test "$(CANNOT_DUMP)" = "yes" || \
+ test "X$(PAXCTL)" = X || $(PAXCTL) -r temacs$(EXEEXT)
## The following oldxmenu-related rules are only (possibly) used if
## HAVE_X11 && !USE_GTK, but there is no harm in always defining them
@@ -597,6 +606,7 @@ bootstrap-emacs$(EXEEXT): temacs$(EXEEXT)
ln -f temacs$(EXEEXT) bootstrap-emacs$(EXEEXT); \
else \
$(RUN_TEMACS) --batch --load loadup bootstrap || exit 1; \
+ test "X$(PAXCTL)" = X || $(PAXCTL) -zex emacs$(EXEEXT); \
mv -f emacs$(EXEEXT) bootstrap-emacs$(EXEEXT); \
fi
@: Compile some files earlier to speed up further compilation.