- Patch #1560695: Add .note.GNU-stack to ctypes' sysv.S so that
ctypes isn't considered as requiring executable stacks.
Will backport to 2.5.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e311bad..f78ddb0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Patch #1560695: Add .note.GNU-stack to ctypes' sysv.S so that
+ ctypes isn't considered as requiring executable stacks.
+
- ctypes callback functions only support 'fundamental' data types as
result type. Raise an error when something else is used. This is a
partial fix for Bug #1574584.
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S b/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S
index 46759f4..9542fba 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S
@@ -376,3 +376,7 @@
#endif
#endif /* ifndef __x86_64__ */
+
+#ifdef __ELF__
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
+#endif