From: Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:34:13 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Release notes for the -fPIE change
X-Git-Tag: dbus-1.4.10~40
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bca24274b55f4cc27a68916c4da02bbfb3c04d33;p=thirdparty%2Fdbus.git

Release notes for the -fPIE change
---

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6451a762e..5f6878b80 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 D-Bus 1.4.10 (UNRELEASED)
 ==
 
-...
+Notes for distributors:
+
+  This version of D-Bus no longer uses -fPIE by default. Distributions wishing
+  to harden the dbus-daemon and dbus-launch-helper can re-enable this if their
+  toolchain supports it reliably, via something like:
+
+    ./configure CFLAGS=-fPIE LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,-z,relro"
+
+  or by using distribution-specific wrappers such as Debian's hardening-wrapper.
+
+Changes:
+
+  • Don't force -fPIE: distributions and libtool know better than we do whether
+    it's desirable (fd.o #16621, fd.o #27215; Simon McVittie)
 
 D-Bus 1.4.8 (2011-04-08)
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