257043 – gcc-4.3.3 -Wformat-security issues

Bug 257043 - gcc-4.3.3 -Wformat-security issues

Summary: gcc-4.3.3 -Wformat-security issues

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] GCC Porting (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers

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Reported:	2009-01-31 06:25 UTC by Manuel Lauss
Modified:	2009-01-31 15:22 UTC (History)
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Description Manuel Lauss 2009-01-31 06:25:06 UTC

gcc-4.3.3 has -Wformat-security enabled by default.  This is rather inconvenient
when building linux kernels for at least mips and sh targets, because they use
printf() like calls which make gcc emit a warning and have -Werror enabled.

So please drop patch "10_all_gcc-default-format-security.patch".

(I can't find anything warning-worty about code like this:
 char *s="hello";
 printf(s);
)


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2009-01-31 15:22:30 UTC

no