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2009/6/25 Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com>: |
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> Hi, I can find various posts on blogs referring to hardened working in at |
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> least a limited capacity with GCC4 right now? There is even a (fairly old) |
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> note in the gentoo documentation about upgrading to GCC4.1. However, I |
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> don't see any recent status updates on the list here, or any other official |
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> kind of notices? |
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> |
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> Can someone please perhaps post a summary of where we are with regards to |
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> GCC4? I think a lot of folks want hardened as a "nice to have", so even a |
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> partial implementation would be nice to have, although also it's important |
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> to understand exactly what you are getting |
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> |
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> Anyone able to provide such a summary please? |
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> |
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> FWIW: I'm largely interested in GCC4+hardened+uclibc, which may be better |
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> supported? |
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I wrote on my blog on that some time ago: |
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http://klondike.xiscosoft.es/klog/2009/03/07/gentoo-hardened-and-gcc-4x-i-installation/ |
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As for now I keep using gcc4-x for desktop and server use without |
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major problems except a few packages who don't detected well the gcc |
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version (and which seem to have been fixed). |
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