Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:59:14 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [stable] patch kbuild-allow-fstack-protector-to-take-effect.patch added to 2.6.24-stable tree |
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 03:42:16PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > I thought that thread was for the much larger patches, not just this > > > Makefile change. > > > > At the least we'll likely want to also pick up the other stack protector fixes > > that went into .25rc if we turn it on in .24 > > Hm, that sounds like a new feature :) > > I thought the makefile change was just a bugfix in the broken makefile.
Well, it is. But it'll cause it to enable something that has been broken for a while. FWIW, I think having the stack protector reenabled in -stable is a worthwhile goal, but only once it's stabilised for a while in the development tree.
My fear by just reenabling this for -stable is that when distros push out updates based on the latest -stable, we'll see more systems like James' problematic system.
Dave
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