Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> writes:
> Fixing this would require not allowing executable mappings if the backing
> vnode weren't executable.  I think that this is actually unquestionably
> correct, but because the original Sun implementation didn't require it,
> we will get zillions of complaints from people who say that we "broke
> shared libraries".

So we tell people with giant large letters to  chmod +x /usr/lib/lib*so.*
and be done with it. Better than leaving this go forever.

Perry
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