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Re: [patch 00/15] PIE: Position Independent Executable support
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- Cc: tromey at redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, jjohnstn at redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:02:59 +0200
- Subject: Re: [patch 00/15] PIE: Position Independent Executable support
- References: <20091109205633.GA19138@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <m37htycnrd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20100110202448.GL10482@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:24:49 +0100
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
>
> > I think this patch should have a NEWS entry.
>
> Sure only after the patchset gets checked-in.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jan
>
> 2010-01-10 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
>
> * NEWS: Document the PIE support.
Thanks.
> +PIE (Position Independent Executable) programs debugging is now supported.
> +This includes debugging execution of PIC (Position Independent Code) shared
> +libraries although such libraries must first support their execution.
^
A comma here
Also, by "such libraries must first support their execution", do you
mean the libraries should support PIE programs? If so, I think saying
that would make this a lot clearer.
Okay with those changes.