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Re: libc upgrade vs. incompatible locales
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Andy Wingo |
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Re: libc upgrade vs. incompatible locales |
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Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:09:32 +0200 |
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On Mon 31 Aug 2015 13:49, address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Andy Wingo <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> On Sun 30 Aug 2015 21:46, address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>>
>>> The binary format for locales is dependent on the libc version. Over
>>> the last few releases, it turned out to be compatible, but that of 2.22
>>> differs from that of 2.21 (a new element was added to locale categories,
>>> according to ChangeLog.)
>>
>> Does this amount to a binary-incompatible change to libc? I guess not
>> if you make sure that if you had a statically linked binary, that you
>> set LOCPATH appropriately....
>>
>> What if we built bootstrap binaries to statically link their LOCPATH ?
>> Is that even possible?
>
> I don’t think locale data can be embedded in binaries. Also, it’s a
> good strategy to avoid rebuilding the bootstrap binaries as much as
> possible, as it intuitively suggests that a Thompson attack is unlikely.
Sorry, I meant to say: why not prevent LOCPATH from being overridden on
bootstrap binaries? Right now they are effectively dynamically linked
to their locale data. A nice fix would be to statically link them to
their locale data.
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- Why does glibc provide bash?, Andy Wingo, 2015/08/10
- Re: Why does glibc provide bash?, Mark H Weaver, 2015/08/11
- Re: Why does glibc provide bash?, Andy Wingo, 2015/08/11
- Re: Why does glibc provide bash?, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/18
- Re: Why does glibc provide bash?, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/20
- Re: Why does glibc provide bash?, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/29
- libc upgrade vs. incompatible locales, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/30
- Re: libc upgrade vs. incompatible locales, Andy Wingo, 2015/08/31
- Re: libc upgrade vs. incompatible locales, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/31
- Re: libc upgrade vs. incompatible locales,
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