$ gcc -fbounds-checking /dev/null gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fbounds-checking’ $ gcc -fbounds-check /dev/null /dev/null: file not recognized: File truncated collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
(In reply to Sebastian Pipping from comment #0) your gcc is too new ;). the flag as written is correct -- see USE=boundschecking in older gcc versions.
http://sources.gentoo.org/eclass/flag-o-matic.eclass?r1=1.205&r2=1.206