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SubjectRe: [stable] patch kbuild-allow-fstack-protector-to-take-effect.patch added to 2.6.24-stable tree
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 06:59:14PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> 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.

Fair enough, between this worry, and Arjan saying "no way", I've now
dropped it :)

thanks,

greg k-h


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