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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:03:43 -0500
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HEADS-UP: PIE enabled by default on main
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On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 at 18:10, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> This details worries me.  How compatible are PIE executables with
> non-PIE executables?  Can I run PIE executables on older systems?  Can
> I run older executables on a PIE system?

There is no issue mixing PIE and non-PIE binaries, and they introduce
no additional constraints on running on older kernels.



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