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

Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-10T22:02:34Z

> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:24:49 +0100
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
>
> > I think this patch should have a NEWS entry.
>
> Sure only after the patchset gets checked-in.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jan
>
> 2010-01-10 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
>
> * NEWS: Document the PIE support.

Thanks.

> +PIE (Position Independent Executable) programs debugging is now supported.
> +This includes debugging execution of PIC (Position Independent Code) shared
> +libraries although such libraries must first support their execution.
^
A comma here

Also, by "such libraries must first support their execution", do you
mean the libraries should support PIE programs? If so, I think saying
that would make this a lot clearer.

Okay with those changes.