Bug 508420

Summary:	sys-devel/gcc: enable -fstack-protector-strong by default
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component:	Eclasses	Assignee:	Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers <toolchain>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	pacho, pageexec, rhill, zorry
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/278057?do=post_view_threaded
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	508418
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2014-04-22 15:36:24 UTC

Time ago we discussed it on -dev mailing list:

> There is a new option, -fstack-protector-strong, that's intended to be a 
> balance between the two extremes and something that distros can enable by 
> default. It was just added to mainline so it should be in GCC 4.9. So let's 
> revisit this a couple years down the line.

I noticed bug 484714 and I'm wondering if we can consider -fstack-protector-strong

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2014-04-26 21:38:49 UTC

yes, i mentioned strong in the referenced bug already

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 484714 ***

Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2014-04-27 09:52:34 UTC

(In reply to SpanKY from comment #1)
> yes, i mentioned strong in the referenced bug already

A bug could be a duplicate of another bug, not of a comment....

The original request was -fstack-protector and was activated in gcc-4.8.2-r1

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2014-04-27 14:30:38 UTC

(In reply to Agostino Sarubbo from comment #2)

the bug is about enabling SSP by default.  the exact flag used is immaterial.