On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 05:16:31PM +0200, Jan Kurik wrote:
The linker can now put all code and read-only data sections into a
separate segment with only READ and EXECUTE permissions. All writable
data can be placed into a separate segment with READ and WRITE
permissions. This makes programs larger, but safer. The linker's
behaviour can be controlled via a command line option, and the default
set by a configure option.
Will this configuration option be switched on in
Fedora?
Switch the binutils package from being based on the 2.30 release of
the FSF binutils to being based on the 2.31 release. This release
will bring in numerous bug fixes, as well as the following new
features:
Do you foresee any significant issues with this version upgrade in the
mass rebuild? Anything in particular that maintainers and upstreams
should looks at?
Zbyszek