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Re: [patch 00/15] PIE: Position Independent Executable support

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:09:41 +0100, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> "although for that, it should be possible to run such libraries as an
> executable program", I think.

OK, thanks (assuming the comma is there just the one at its right place).


Regards,
Jan


2010-01-11  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
	    Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>

	* NEWS: Document the PIE support.

--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ much more reliable. In particular:
   - GDB is now able to backtrace through the signal handler for
     non-threaded programs.
 
+PIE (Position Independent Executable) programs debugging is now supported.
+This includes debugging execution of PIC (Position Independent Code) shared
+libraries although for that, it should be possible to run such libraries as an
+executable program.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.0
 
 * GDB now has an interface for JIT compilation.  Applications that
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