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Re: [PATCH 01/12] Configury support for --enable-stack-protector.


Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> writes:

> On 20 Feb 2016, Andreas Schwab spake thusly:
>
>> Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> writes:
>>
>>> +AC_ARG_ENABLE([stack-protector],
>>> +            AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-stack-protector=@<:@yes|no|all|strong@:>@],
>>> +                           [Detect stack overflows in glibc functions with large string buffers, or in all glibc functions]),
>>
>> Please explain the meaning of the argument in the help string.
>
> It's... a bit much to explain the difference between
> --stack-protector=yes/all/strong in a configure help string without
> filling half the screen up with explanations, but I'll try!

It should just mention the connection to -fstack-protector.

Andreas.

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