* Matthias Klose ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña writes: > > Even if Debian packages might not be compiled with this protection, it > > would make it easier for Debian-derived distributions to recompile packages > > if Debian's compilers already featured this option. > > a stack-protector patch is included (but not applied) in > debian/patches. I'll do the same with stackguard, if you send me a > working patch.
If this is something that would have no effect except when enabled by a compile time switch then I'd appreciate it if it was actually applied. It could encourage package maintainers to build with it. Dave -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/
