Bug#714771: #714771: yate modules should not be executable [was: Re: yate is marked for autoremoval from testing]

[Paul Chitescu]

>On Wed Jul 9, 2014 01:54:36 Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 12:31:50PM +0300, Paul Chitescu wrote:
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > Can't this FTBFS be fixed by the patches I submitted?
>>
>> Thanks. Applied them. While you're here, what do you think about
>> https://bugs.debian.org/714771 ?
>>
>> Someone went and tried crashing all executables on a Debian system. It
>> turned out that yate modules crashed immediately when executed.
>> Resolution; they should not be executable.
>>
>> I can reset the executable bit in the Debian pacaging, but I guess this
>> is better fixed in the Makefile. It seems that modules are install using
>> INSTALL (install) or INSTALL_D (install -d). Should explicit permissions
>> be added?
>
>I looked at the permissions of libraries on Debian and Ubuntu systems and it
>appears that all libraries are not executable.
>
>So the permission change should apply not only to Yate modules but also to
>various libyate*.so* it installs.
>
>What do other Debian packages use to install their libraries?
>
>Paul

Never mind, fixed in SVN Rev. 5866.

Configure script should detect properly on Debian and Ubuntu else may need to 
specify --disable-lib-exec

Patch attached but may not apply cleanly to older versions.

Paul

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