test case and GCC info for the GCC people:
$ cat > test.c int main() { } $ gcc-3.4 -o test -g -O2 -fstack-protector ./test.c cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-fstack-protector" zsh: exit 1 gcc-3.4 -o test -g -O2 -fstack-protector ./test.c $ gcc-4.0 -o test -g -O2 -fstack-protector ./test.c cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-fstack-protector" zsh: exit 1 gcc-4.0 -o test -g -O2 -fstack-protector ./test.c $ gcc-4.1 -o test -g -O2 -fstack-protector ./test.c ./test.c:1: warning: -fstack-protector not supported for this target /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lssp_nonshared collect2: ld returned 1 exit status $ gcc-3.4 -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/mips-linux-gnu/3.4.6/specs Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,pascal --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/3.4 --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --program-suffix=-3.4 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug mips-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.6 (Debian 3.4.6-1) $ gcc-4.0 -v Using built-in specs. Target: mips-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f95,objc,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.0 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.0-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-mpfr --disable-werror --enable-checking=release mips-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.3 (Debian 4.0.3-1) $ gcc-4.1 -v Using built-in specs. Target: mips-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,fortran,objc,obj-c++,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.1-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release mips-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.0 (Debian 4.1.0-0) -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]