Changeset ac1639c for chapter08/glibc.xml

Timestamp:

01/31/2024 07:23:41 PM (8 months ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib, xry111/multilib

Children:

cac3cec

Parents:

8ccf082a (diff), cdf280e (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
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Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

File:

• chapter08/glibc.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter08/glibc.xml

@@ -74 +74 @@
              --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;                     \
              --enable-stack-protector=strong          \
-             --with-headers=/usr/include              \
              --disable-nscd                           \
              libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
@@ -111 +110 @@
           <para>This option increases system security by adding
           extra code to check for buffer overflows, such as stack
-          smashing attacks.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-<!-- do we need this one? -->
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--with-headers=/usr/include</parameter></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This option tells the build system where to find the
-          kernel API headers.</para>
+          smashing attacks.  Note that Glibc always explicitly overrides
+          the default of GCC, so this option is still needed even though
+          we've already specified <option>--enable-default-ssp</option> for
+          GCC.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>