On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Dimitry Andric <d...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 2013-02-07 20:42, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: >> >> Does the -fstack-protector option work on CLANG 3.1 and 3.2? > > > Yes, it works with both clang and gcc. >
Good to know thank you! > >> There is thread on FreeBSD forums about the stack protector and ports >> and I'm wondering if it's possible to use the -fstack-protector option >> with CLANG. >> >> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=36927 > > > That thread seems to be full of confusion. :-) The base system is mostly > built with -fstack-protector, except for the ia64, arm and mips arches, > and for some specific cases where it is not necessary, or unwanted. I was aware of the base system being built with the stack protector on systems where it makes sense. > > Ports are largely independent of the base system, and their compilation > flags are different from port to port. You could set -fstack-protector > for your ports in either make.conf or ports.conf, if you wanted. Is there any work being done to provide an optional Makefile knob (WITH_STACK_PROTECTOR ?) to turn on -fstack-protector for ports that install network services (or other critical code)? I'd bet such feature would be popular. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
