reopen 406753 thanks On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 07:51:07AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: >This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report >#406753: Ubuntu branding by default in Debian gcc manpage for >-fstack-protector: please also add Debian default, >which was filed against the gcc-4.1 package. > >It has been closed by Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > >Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is >unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate >message then please contact Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> by replying >to this email. > >tags 406753 + wontfix >thanks > >no, we don't document things, which are the default anyway, or else >we would have to do that for every option.
You did document the default in Ubuntu, but in a Debian manpage. Yes, you do not want to fix it; but no, this bug is still standing and closing it is just denying the reality. >> -fstack-protector >> >> Emit extra code to check for buffer overflows, such as stack smashing >> attacks. This is done by adding a guard variable to functions with >> vulnerable objects. This includes functions that call alloca, >> and functions with buffers larger than 8 bytes. The guards are >> initialized when a function is entered and then checked when the >> function exits. If a guard check fails, an error message is printed >> and the program exits. On Ubuntu the default is -fstack-protector, >> to turn it off use -fno-stack-protector. >> >> The last sentence might be replaced by: >> >> On Debian the default is -fnostack-protector, to turn it on use >> -fstack-protector which is the default on Ubuntu. Cheers, -- .''`. Aurélien GÉRÔME : :' : `. `'` Free Software Developer `- Unix Sys & Net Admin
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