Re: [SOLVED] Re: GCC-4.3.3 sillyness

[Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>]

Kumba wrote:
> Yeah, I did some digging and it looks like we added a patch called 
> "10_all_gcc-default-format-security.patch" into our gcc-4.3.3 ebuild.  
> The patch claims it was ripped from Debian; can any Debian devs comment 
> on whether you guys still use this patch and what the idea behind it 
> is?  I'm not sure if I'll find any discussion on our end as to why it's 
> included without finding Mike (vapier) around.
Looks like Gentoo and Debian aren't alone.  This was discussed on lkml because 
other mainstream distros are enabling it as a default as well, so the proposed 
solution is to just disable the format check in the kernel:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/4/259

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