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		temac on June 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GCC's new fortification level: The gains and costs... Unfortunately _FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 is documented as making some conforming program fail, and it seems hard to find precise informations on this subject, so i'd be hesitant to use it, as well as _FORTIFY_SOURCE=3

leni536 on June 27, 2024 [–]

FWIW Debian uses _FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 for building its packages for a long time now, so there should be plenty of experience there for using the option.

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