Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Richard Freeman <rich@××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Questions about No Execute and security
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:18:32
Message-Id: 43454DC7.40800@thefreemanclan.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Questions about No Execute and security by Daniel Gryniewicz
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4 Daniel Gryniewicz wrote:
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6 > The big reason would be because gcc 3.3.x (the stable compiler on x86)
7 > doesn't support it. It has a patch that adds the option to gcc, but it
8 > does nothing. Until x86 is on 3.4.x by default, you can't expect full
9 > support for stack-protector.
10 >
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12 I hadn't even realized that. And I thought that amd64 tended to lag
13 behind! As I recall 3.4 had quite a few benefits, as I normally don't
14 tend to run bleeding-edge...
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Questions about No Execute and security Daniel Gryniewicz <dang@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Questions about No Execute and security "Kevin F. Quinn" <kevquinn@g.o>