Current stable x86 gcc ebuild (3.4.5-r1) complains with " * has_hardened: deprecated, please use gcc-specs-{relro,now}()!". I don't know if it's from the ebuild or eclass. Seems to be related to bug 100974...
The 'has_hardened' was added for bug #79852 - any objections to changing it to 'gcc-specs-ssp'? I think it's a combination of ssp, march and optimisation options that caused the original problem.
feel free to change whatever wrt hardened
ok; replaced has_hardened with gcc-specs-ssp.