fstack protector

[Stuart Anderson]

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> That's the best solution for FreeBSD.  You'd just set CC and CFLAGS if
> you want to build with it, as usual.  Be aware that some ports will
> not run when built with -fstack-protector, last time I checked
> (XFree86 is one).

Do you recall what the problem is with XFree86? Is it client side, or in
the server? My guess would be that some additional runtime support is needed
in the module loader in the server.


                                Stuart

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