Re: Rebuilding packages to increase Stretch's PIE coverage
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 16:49:08 +0100, Bálint Réczey wrote:
> Dear Release Team,
>
> GCC uses PIE by default in unstable and testing but most packages
> which haven't been rebuilt since the transition still ship unprotected
> binaries [1].
>
> If the Team agrees I suggest rebuilding the packages which would
> benefit from a rebuild. In case this gets a green light I would
> volunteer to perform a test rebuild for each package to see if the
> lintian warning goes away.
>
I don't think rebuilding the world on all release architectures in the
middle of the freeze is a good idea. It's adding churn and risk and
work which IMO outweigh the supposed benefits.
Cheers,
Julien
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