--- wikisrc/pkgsrc/hardening.mdwn	2019/01/06 17:41:11	1.43
+++ wikisrc/pkgsrc/hardening.mdwn	2019/01/06 17:46:55	1.44
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ The stack-smashing protection provided b
 programs. The two most common situations in which this happens are:
 
 * the program makes use of the `alloca(3)` library call (memory allocator on the
-  stack)
+  stack) (**TODO**: at least regarding build failure, this was a problem only
+  with older gcc version and probably do not apply in most common pkgsrc setup
+  (i.e. no PR/mails about that seen in the last years about that.))
 * the program allocates variables on the stack, with the size determined at
   run-time.