Re: [patch 2/5] Add the Kconfig option for the stackprotector feature

Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-30T17:48:08Z

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:19:38 +0200, Adrian Bunk said:
>
>> That was never true in Arjan's patches.
>>
>> The only change is from a gcc version check to a feature check.
>>
>> In both cases, a gcc 4.1 without the appropriate patch applied will
>> result in this option not being set.
>
> What do you get if you have a gcc 4.1.1. that has the stack protector option
> (so a feature check works), but not the fix for gcc PR 28281?

the feature check actually checks for a correctly operating gcc, not just for the "option exists"