Bug 1439328

(In reply to John Reiser from comment #0)
> Expected results: as in binutils-2.26.1/include/elf/common.h:
> #define DF_1_STUB       0x04000000
> #define DF_1_PIE        0x08000000

This has to go upstream first.

Binutils elf/common.h and glibc's elf/elf.h should be in sync.

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The problem persists in /usr/include/elf.h from
  glibc-headers-2.26-16.fc27.x86_64
which still lacks the definitions of DF_1_PIE and DF_1_STUB.

The problem persists in /usr/include/elf.h from
  glibc-headers-2.26.9000-38.fc28.x86_64
which still lacks the definitions of DF_1_PIE and DF_1_STUB.

Comment #1 says "This has to go upstream first", and names binutils and glibc as the involved packages.  It seems to me that one of the maintainers of Fedora glibc is also a maintainer of GNU glibc.  Why has there been no progress in 9 months?

(In reply to John Reiser from comment #4)
> The problem persists in /usr/include/elf.h from
>   glibc-headers-2.26.9000-38.fc28.x86_64
> which still lacks the definitions of DF_1_PIE and DF_1_STUB.
> 
> Comment #1 says "This has to go upstream first", and names binutils and
> glibc as the involved packages.  It seems to me that one of the maintainers
> of Fedora glibc is also a maintainer of GNU glibc.  Why has there been no
> progress in 9 months?

My apologies for the delay. 

This is now fixed upstream in glibc, and the next rawhide release will pull this fix in, and that means it will be in Fedora 28.

commit 505d39100454b38c62a8eff4c1b7c06b4a31f3aa (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Author: Carlos O'Donell <carlos>
Date:   Sat Jan 13 20:21:57 2018 -0800

    Synchronize DF_1_* flags with binutils (Bug 22707)
    
    This patch synchronizes DF_1_* flags with binutils
    and ensures that all DF_1_* flags defined in binutil's
    include/elf/common.h are also defined glibc's elf/elf.h.
    This is a user visible change since elf/elf.h is installed
    by default as /usr/include/elf.h.
    
    Signed-off-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos>

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22707

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