From: Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>
To: Manuel Lauss <mano@roarinelk.homelinux.net>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Re: GCC-4.3.3 sillyness
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:48:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49A60310.9030900@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49A4D370.3080300@gentoo.org>
Kumba wrote:
>
> Yeah, I did some digging and it looks like we added a patch called
> "10_all_gcc-default-format-security.patch" into our gcc-4.3.3 ebuild.
> The patch claims it was ripped from Debian; can any Debian devs comment
> on whether you guys still use this patch and what the idea behind it
> is? I'm not sure if I'll find any discussion on our end as to why it's
> included without finding Mike (vapier) around.
Looks like Gentoo and Debian aren't alone. This was discussed on lkml because
other mainstream distros are enabling it as a default as well, so the proposed
solution is to just disable the format check in the kernel:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/4/259
--
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@gentoo.org
"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And our
lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between."
--Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-26 2:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-30 7:44 GCC-4.3.3 sillyness Manuel Lauss
2009-01-30 8:23 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-01-30 8:55 ` Manuel Lauss
2009-01-30 14:03 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-01-30 16:56 ` Manuel Lauss
2009-01-31 7:59 ` [SOLVED] " Manuel Lauss
2009-02-25 5:13 ` Kumba
2009-02-26 2:48 ` Kumba [this message]
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