We didn't enable PIE for the python interpreters for performance reasons. We're currently investigating turning PIE on by default for x86-64 and other architectures that will likely handle it well. The performance impact will be one of the deciding factors in determining if we enable PIE for the python interpreter.
We're not likely to backport the PIE support to existing releases because newer versions of GCC help reduce the performance penalty of PIE compilation. Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1452115 Title: Python interpreter binary is not compiled as PIE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/+bug/1452115/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
