[PATCH] BZ #13979- A warning should be issued if FORTIFY_SOURCE is requested but not enabled

[Jeff Law]

On 05/07/2012 03:07 PM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>
>  From bugzilla:
>
> "If a user requests FORTIFY_SOURCE checking, but for whatever reason the
> checks
> are not enabled (for example optimizer not enabled), we should issue a
> warning."
>
> Tested on x86-64.
>
> Ok to commit?
>
> Andreas
>
> 2012-03-30 Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>_FORTIFY_SOURCE requested but disabled, please enable optimizer to restore fortification
>
> * include/features.h: Warn if user requests FORTIFY_SOURCE checking
> but the checks are disabled for any reason.
Just a note, Fedora just twiddled the message today to read:

_FORTIFY_SOURCE requested but disabled, please enable optimizer to 
restore fortification

Basically the idea being to tell the user the most likely way to restore 
the behaviour they asked for.

jeff