Re: Security flaw in EDE; new release plans

[Sven Joachim]

The following patch (committed on the trunk in revision 100042) is
necessary for the "--with-crt-dir=" configure option to actually work
and let Emacs build on current Debian/Ubuntu systems:

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=== modified file 'src/s/gnu-linux.h'
--- src/s/gnu-linux.h   2011-01-02 23:50:46 +0000
+++ src/s/gnu-linux.h   2011-07-27 14:36:13 +0000
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http
 /* Ask GCC where to find libgcc.a.  */
 #define LIB_GCC `$(CC) $(C_SWITCH_X_SITE) -print-libgcc-file-name`
 
-#define START_FILES pre-crt0.o /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o
+#define START_FILES pre-crt0.o $(CRT_DIR)/crt1.o $(CRT_DIR)/crti.o
 
 /* Here is how to find X Windows.  LD_SWITCH_X_SITE_AUX gives an -R option
    says where to find X windows at run time.  */
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http
 #define LIBS_DEBUG
 #undef LIB_GCC
 #define LIB_GCC
-#define LIB_STANDARD -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/lib/crtn.o
+#define LIB_STANDARD -lgcc -lc -lgcc $(CRT_DIR)/crtn.o
 
 /* Don't use -g in test compiles in configure.
    This is so we will use the same shared libs for that linking

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See http://bugs.debian.org/629567 for details.

Cheers,
       Sven