additional compiler hardening flags

[Iain Morgan]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 20:41:00 -0500, Darren Tucker wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:16:13AM +1000, Darren Tucker wrote:
> > Anyway, we could easily add a configure knob to turn it off should that
> > be necessary.
> 
> here's an updated patch without -fPIC, and with a configure knob
> (--without-hardening) to turn this off.
> 

Hi,

I don't recall seeing these improvements to the build system being
committed. Is there any chance of adding them for the next release, or
is it too late in the development cycle?

-- 
Iain Morgan