GNU Common Lisp (gcl) - need a new security context?

Mon Sep 8 16:04:35 UTC 2008

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 16:54 -0400, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> Dropping gcl is a bad idea. gcl generates much better code in many
> cases;
> dropping makes Fedora bad for running Common Lisp (CL) applications.
> There are a lot of CL programs, and CL is still important; "Practical
> Common Lisp"
> was published 2005 and was a really popular book.
I am not unwilling to continue with GCL. However I would need some help
from people knowing about these issues (on several architectures) and
how to fix them.
BTW, SELinux is only one issue. GCL doesn't compile even with SELinux
disabled (randomized addresses etc...)