[patch 00/15] PIE: Position Independent Executable support

Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org
Sun Jan 10 22:02:00 GMT 2010


> 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.



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