Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?

[Jan D.]

> On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 05:04:26PM +0200, Jan D. wrote:
> > > and so emacs refuses to configure -- but if disable this test by 
> > > doing:
> > >
> > >   $ make ac_cv_file__proc_sys_kernel_exec_shield=no
> > >
> > > Then Emacs configures and dumps just fine, despite not using 
> > > `setarch'.
> >
> > Does that machine have a /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize file?
>
> Yes:
>
>    $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize
>    1

Incredible, I expected it to be zero.  Too bad there is a lack of
documentation on this feature.  I do know that both the compiler and
linker are involved, so maybe they have not been modified on that
machine?  Anyway, I'll try to come up with a better test where we
check the heap start address explicitly.

        Jan D.