On 15-05-2008 15:25:02 +0200, Markus Duft wrote:
> > Thanks for the in depth explanation.  I'd not be surprised if Solaris
> > actually has the same problem.
> 
> If solaris supports ssp, yes, i think so too.

I think it does support stack smashing protector stuff ;)

> > I've no idea of it in the main tree, but since it doesn't even compile
> > on Linux, I'd say, keep it masked.
> 
> Yeah, but maybe disabling the ssp for configure is the right way to
> go, since ssp is explicitly disabled when building gcc. I don't think
> that it will help sitting it out.

gentoo-x86 has to figure this out for sure.  SSP is a security thing,
and you don't *ever* want it to be disabled on a thing like SSH if you
enabled it for GCC (like hardened profiles do).

> > If Interix needs it, and has it compiling all the way, Markus use
> > package.unmask in the interix profile.
> 
> I could live with 4.7 too, if I must... also somehow I didn't manage
> to get it unmasked other than commenting out the mask... I tried
> almost half an hour with package.unmask in different locations,
> etc.... it didn't work *arg*...

It may be that package.unmask doesn't work in the profiles.  Sorry,
never checked that.


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