Re: CVS commit: src/share/man/man5

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 09:59:54AM +0100, Marc Balmer wrote:
> Am 07.11.11 09:24, schrieb Matthias Scheler:
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 06:51:58AM +0200, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
> >> On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 10:34:48PM +0000, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> >>> Module Name:      src
> >>> Committed By:     tron
> >>> Date:             Sun Nov  6 22:34:48 UTC 2011
> >>>
> >>> Modified Files:
> >>>   src/share/man/man5: mk.conf.5
> >>>
> >>> Log Message:
> >>> Stack-smash protection is not enabled by default, at least not for
> >>> the complete source-tree.
> >>>
> >>> Pointed out by <bch> on "current-users" mailing list.
> >>
> >> Wasn't there an explicit decision to enable it by default?
> > 
> > Yes, for kernel builds.
> 
> What was the reason to not enable it for userland?

The majority of interesting programs already have USE_FORT=yes.

Joerg