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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2022-09-13 17:51:22 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2022-09-13 17:59:05 +0800
commitfb5ad925884a5740da2f9f525570966d11f61054 (patch)
tree49e96b40fa00315fe6f66e99f5ea22fc50e07a4c /chapter08
parent8a16c6b4ec7f995be6657bb109835e6559c2d535 (diff)
gcc: document that libssp is normally unused
We are enabling default SSP now, so if someone runs "ldd /usr/bin/true" and see libssp is not used he/she may be puzzled.
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diff --git a/chapter08/gcc.xml b/chapter08/gcc.xml
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@@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ mv -v /usr/lib/*gdb.py /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libssp</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains routines supporting GCC's stack-smashing protection
- functionality</para>
+ functionality. Normally it's unused because glibc also provides
+ those routines</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libssp">
<primary sortas="c-libssp">libssp</primary>
</indexterm>