Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?

[Miles Bader]

On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 05:04:26PM +0200, Jan D. wrote:
> >and so emacs refuses to configure -- but if disable this test by doing:
> >
> >   $ make ac_cv_file__proc_sys_kernel_exec_shield=no
> >
> >Then Emacs configures and dumps just fine, despite not using `setarch'.
> 
> Does that machine have a /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize file?

Yes:

   $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize
   1

> It is the random start address of the heap that makes dumping fail.

Er... don't ask me, I just know it seems to work...

-Miles
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