Enable gcc's -fstack-protector-all by default?

Darren Tucker dtucker at zip.com.au
Tue Nov 27 08:51:13 EST 2007


Rick Jones wrote:
[...]
> Just general conservativeness would seem to suggest that until a broader 
> number of platforms can be covered, it might not be time to become the 
> default.

I should have said "enabled by default if the compiler supports it".  If 
the compiler doesn't, configure continues to behave as before.

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