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

[Darren Tucker]

Rick Jones wrote:
> Darren Tucker wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I inferred that.  I'm just thinking that if there isn't certainty of it 
> being sufficiently neutral on a broad swath of platforms, even if the 
> compiler supports it it might be best to leave things be for the moment.

Is there any evidence or documentation indicating that it actually 
causes breakage anywhere?  If not I would tend to enable for the 
compilers that support it.

I have built my AIX packages with the flag for the last couple of years 
without problems, so it's certainly not i386-only.

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