[GHC] #703: all binaries built by ghc have executable stacks

[GHC]

#703: all binaries built by ghc have executable stacks
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        Reporter:  duncan   |            Owner:  ezyang
            Type:  merge    |           Status:  merge
        Priority:  normal   |        Milestone:  6.6.1
       Component:           |          Version:  7.6.3
  Compiler (NCG)            |         Keywords:
      Resolution:           |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
Operating System:  Linux    |       Difficulty:  Moderate (less than a day)
 Type of failure:           |       Blocked By:
  None/Unknown              |  Related Tickets:
       Test Case:  N/A      |
        Blocking:           |
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Changes (by ezyang):

 * status:  new => merge


Comment:

 {{{
 commit 08a38628f29df63ac842f4d083efb414f42d7bff
 Author: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang at mit.edu>
 Date:   Tue Jul 9 00:01:43 2013 -0700

     Disable executable stack for the linker note, fixing #703 (again)

     Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang at mit.edu>
 }}}

 and

 {{{
 commit 0f31b197f4fba916c12d03c80d7a6c59d2724242
 Author: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang at mit.edu>
 Date:   Tue Jul 9 00:54:33 2013 -0700

     Add test to check stack is not executable, to prevent #703
 regressions.

     Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang at mit.edu>
 }}}

 Uses the 'readelf' binary, which hopefully is available on everyone's
 machines.

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