please detect and clear executable stack binaries
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Current evaluation
Closed without implementation. The request to detect and clear executable stack bits in snapcraft binaries was abandoned. No comments or resolution details were provided.
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Issue body
https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-and-executable-stacks/1812 describes the situation with snaps that have executable stacks. It would be great if snapcraft could detect these binaries and clear the execstack bit (but not during the 'snapcraft pack' step, since that shouldn't touch anything) and warn.
Eg:
$ snapcraft
...
WARN: clearing executable stack in 'foo.bin'. See https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-and-executable-stacks/1812 for more information
...
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. The request to detect and clear executable stack bits in snapcraft binaries was abandoned. No comments or resolution details were provided. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as abandoned due to inactivity. The feature request to detect and clear executable stack bits in snapcraft binaries received no discussion or resolution. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1819 Detect and clear executable stack binaries | snapcraft | closed | Closed without resolution. The request to detect and clear executable stack binaries was abandoned after no activity or comments. Referenced upstream Launchpad bug #1739066. |