Re: libmad0 unusable on raspberry pi 2 with Debian 13

[Andrius Merkys <merkys@debian.org>]

Hi,

On 2025-12-30 02:25, Flacusbigotis wrote:
> Package: libmad0
> Version: 0.15.1b-11+b1
> Architecture: armhf
> Description:
> On Raspberry Pi 2 running Debian Trixie (armhf), libmad.so.0 requests an 
> executable stack (GNU_STACK RWE).
> This causes alsaplayer, when trying to load the library, to fail with:
>    libmad.so.0: cannot enable executable stack as shared object 
> requires: Invalid argument
>
> Workaround:
> Rebuilding libmad0 with '-z noexecstack' clears the GNU_STACK executable 
> flag and fixes the issue.
>
> Suggested fix:
> Consider patching the ARM build to not require an executable stack.

This mail should have been sent to submit@bugs.debian.org to properly 
file the bug with Debian Bug Tracker.

Is there a sequence of commands I could run in terminal to reproduce the 
issue? This way I can run them on all Debian architectures checking 
whether the issue is armhf-specific.

Thanks,
Andrius