Thomas Schwinge dixit: >First, the check for gcc_cv_libc_provides_ssp is not complete, as has >already pointed out (with patches!) before, but is still not fixed on >trunk. Let me revisit that: in configure.ac it is being checked for >``case "$target" in *-*-linux*)'' which should rather match ``*-*-linux* >| *-*-*-gnu* | *-*-gnu*'' to catch all GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd, GNU/k*BSD >systems.
FWIW, DragonFly, MirBSD and OpenBSD (at least) also provide the SSP functions in their respective C libraries. bye, //mirabilos -- Sometimes they [people] care too much: pretty printers [and syntax highligh- ting, d.A.] mechanically produce pretty output that accentuates irrelevant detail in the program, which is as sensible as putting all the prepositions in English text in bold font. -- Rob Pike in "Notes on Programming in C"