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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:27:44 -0500 Daniel Goller <morfic@g.o> |
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wrote: |
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| are you ever *for* something (that isnt vim or fluxbox?) |
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I'm for lots of things, but I generally don't bother commenting upon |
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things which are working and being done properly. |
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| use something that protects people now and |
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| help get your ideal solution done while having the bandaid in place, |
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| why leave a wound open till it is a fastering boil if you could have |
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| washed your hands and put a bandaid on? |
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I'm definitely not against having the ugly hack which might sometimes |
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protect you from certain kinds of stupidity available as an option for |
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users who want it. However, especially considering the side effects, I |
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don't see a good reason to change from the current situation. Anyone who |
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wants to use -fstack-protector can set it in their CFLAGS in make.conf, |
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nice and simple. |
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-- |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Sparc, MIPS, Vim, Fluxbox) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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