diff -Nurwp smalltalk-2.3.6/libffi/src/powerpc/linux64.S smalltalk-2.3.6.chg/libffi/src/powerpc/linux64.S
--- smalltalk-2.3.6/libffi/src/powerpc/linux64.S	2006-02-05 14:41:31.000000000 -0400
+++ smalltalk-2.3.6.chg/libffi/src/powerpc/linux64.S	2007-09-23 13:01:40.000000000 -0400
@@ -175,3 +175,8 @@ ffi_call_LINUX64:
 	.align 3
 .LEFDE1:
 #endif
+
+#ifdef __ELF__
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
+#endif
+
diff -Nurwp smalltalk-2.3.6/libffi/src/powerpc/sysv.S smalltalk-2.3.6.chg/libffi/src/powerpc/sysv.S
--- smalltalk-2.3.6/libffi/src/powerpc/sysv.S	2006-02-05 14:41:31.000000000 -0400
+++ smalltalk-2.3.6.chg/libffi/src/powerpc/sysv.S	2007-09-23 13:01:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -217,3 +217,9 @@ END(ffi_call_SYSV)
       .align 2
 .LEFDE1:
 #endif
+
+
+#ifdef __ELF__
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
+#endif
+
diff -Nurwp smalltalk-2.3.6/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S smalltalk-2.3.6.chg/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S
--- smalltalk-2.3.6/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S	2006-02-05 14:41:32.000000000 -0400
+++ smalltalk-2.3.6.chg/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S	2007-09-23 13:01:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -376,3 +376,9 @@ ffi_closure_raw_SYSV:
 #endif
 
 #endif /* ifndef __x86_64__ */
+
+
+#ifdef __ELF__
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
+#endif
+
diff -Nurwp smalltalk-2.3.6/libffi/src/x86/unix64.S smalltalk-2.3.6.chg/libffi/src/x86/unix64.S
--- smalltalk-2.3.6/libffi/src/x86/unix64.S	2006-02-05 14:41:32.000000000 -0400
+++ smalltalk-2.3.6.chg/libffi/src/x86/unix64.S	2007-09-23 13:01:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -410,3 +410,9 @@ ffi_closure_unix64:
 .LEFDE3:
 
 #endif /* __x86_64__ */
+
+
+#ifdef __ELF__
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
+#endif
+