I did an emerge update just now, and figured it was time to jump to the latest stable kernel (3.14.16). I ran "make oldconfig". Amongst the new features, I selected "stack-protector-strong". When trying to build the new kernel, I got...
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig Makefile:615: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler SYSHDR arch/x86/syscalls/../include/generated/uapi/asm/unistd_32.h SYSHDR arch/x86/syscalls/../include/generated/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h SYSHDR arch/x86/syscalls/../include/generated/uapi/asm/unistd_x32.h SYSTBL arch/x86/syscalls/../include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h HOSTCC arch/x86/tools/relocs_32.o HOSTCC arch/x86/tools/relocs_64.o HOSTCC arch/x86/tools/relocs_common.o HOSTLD arch/x86/tools/relocs CHK include/config/kernel.release UPD include/config/kernel.release WRAP arch/x86/include/generated/asm/clkdev.h CHK include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h UPD include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h UPD include/generated/utsrelease.h CC kernel/bounds.s gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-fstack-protector-strong' make[1]: *** [kernel/bounds.s] Error 1 make: *** [prepare0] Error 2 I switched stack-protector to "regular", and it built OK. I rebooted into it, and it works OK. My gcc version data... [d531][root][/usr/src/linux] gcc --version gcc (Gentoo 4.7.3-r1 p1.4, pie-0.5.5) 4.7.3 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. My install is 32-bit [d531][waltdnes][~] uname -a Linux d531 3.14.16-gentoo #1 SMP Mon Sep 22 20:43:33 EDT 2014 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
