[OE-core] [PATCH] acl attr libcap: mark shared libraries executable

Burton, Ross ross.burton at intel.com
Fri Jun 14 08:53:04 UTC 2013


On 14 June 2013 09:09,  <jackie.huang at windriver.com> wrote:
> From: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang at windriver.com>
>
> While it is not necessary that shared libraries be executable,
> if they are not marked as such bitbake will not examine them
> for debug information.  So, we make them executable at the end of
> installation.

Wouldn't it be preferable to change the class that does the debug
extraction so that it doesn't require executable bits on libraries?
Fix the cause not the symptoms and all that.

Ross



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