--- 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.