Ubuntu's gcc-4.1 enables `-fstack-protector' by default. Linux 2.6.18.2 --- I just checked that one --- has the following in its main Makefile:
#v+ [...] # Force gcc to behave correct even for buggy distributions CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector) [...] #v- ... which 2.6.17 and earlier probably didn't have. -- Failed to build vanilla linux-2.6.17.14 using gcc-4.1 https://launchpad.net/bugs/67339 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
