Hi Steven, --disable-stack-protector would also be useful for platforms which make debugging of executables with stack protection difficult. When I must debug Windows executables, I always disable stack protection, because otherwise the stack back traces are unreadable.
So, for MinGW it might be reasonable to set the default to no stack protection if --enable-debug is selected. This requires some modifications in your patch. # Don't set it to "yes" initially: stack_protector="" # Do the compile test if it is not "no": if test "$stack_protector" != "no"; then The usual logic is do nothing if the user says "no". Run the compile tests otherwise. Show an error message if the compile tests fail and the user said "yes". See the code which handles $pie for an example. Please send your next patch inline - this makes it easier to add comments. Best regards Stefan
