Ubuntu
gcc-3.4 package

  1. Bug #10919
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 10919

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Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro (a.k.a. trulux) (lorenzo-debian-hardened) wrote :

Created an attachment (id=876)
GCC 3.3 Position Independent Executables support patch.

Adds support for Position Independent Executables (formerly known as "PIE").
More information at bluefoxicy's page:
http://d-sbd.alioth.debian.org/www/?page=pax_pie

Its main intenttion is to take benefit of the PaX ASLR capabilities.
(Address Space Layout Randomization).