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Re: -fno-stack-protector
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Monday 05 May 2008, Mark Seaborn wrote:
> > It would be useful if glibc knew how to turn gcc's stack-protector
> > option off. This patch should do the trick. If -fno-stack-protector
> > is available it adds it to CFLAGS:
>
> ugh, no. this is the opposite of what we should do. glibc should
> detect that it's being built with SSP and so account for it. we
> build glibc with SSP in Hardened Gentoo. we havent bothered posting
> the changes to the libc lists though as we've always been told that
> what we want to do (build glibc with SSP) is stupid.
I was under the impression that glibc uses -fstack-protector on the
parts that can handle it, so I guess you've made more or all of glibc
handle it. Where can I find the Gentoo changes for this?
Cheers,
Mark