This is a discussion on Re: Enable gcc's -fstack-protector-all by default? - openssh ; 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. > ...
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.
rick jones
ever the paranoid luddite
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