https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96202
Bug ID: 96202 Summary: --enable-cet complains about missing assembler support with GCC 7 host compiler Product: gcc Version: 11.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- When configuring GCC with --enable-cet it fails during for example lto-plugin config, claiming the assembler does not support CET. But instead it is the host compiler (GCC 7) that does not support -fcf-protection. When the host compiler is used the checks need to be skipped and only the stage2/stage3 binaries need to be CET instrumented when bootstrapping. GCC 10 (and probably older releases) is affected as well.