Re: Rebuilding packages to increase Stretch's PIE coverage
On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 12:45:09 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> 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.
>
That said a test rebuild (outside the archive) on all/most architectures
wouldn't be a bad idea.
Cheers,
Julien
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