NetBSD/gnu
tls 4147a3c54a Add new Makefile knob, USE_FORT, which extends USE_SSP by turning on the
FORTIFY_SOURCE feature of libssp, thus checking the size of arguments to
various string and memory copy and set functions (as well as a few system
calls and other miscellany) where known at function entry.  RedHat has
evidently built all "core system packages" with this option for some time.

This option should be used at the top of Makefiles (or Makefile.inc where
this is used for subdirectories) but after any setting of LIB.

This is only useful for userland code, and cannot be used in libc or in
any code which includes the libc internals, because it overrides certain
libc functions with macros.  Some effort has been made to make USE_FORT=yes
work correctly for a full-system build by having the bsd.sys.mk logic
disable the feature where it should not be used (libc, libssp iteself,
the kernel) but no attempt has been made to build the entire system with
USE_FORT and doing so will doubtless expose numerous bugs and misfeatures.

Adjust the system build so that all programs and libraries that are setuid,
directly handle network data (including serial comm data), perform
authentication, or appear likely to have (or have a history of having)
data-driven bugs (e.g. file(1)) are built with USE_FORT=yes by default,
with the exception of libc, which cannot use USE_FORT and thus uses
only USE_SSP by default.  Tested on i386 with no ill results; USE_FORT=no
per-directory or in a system build will disable if desired.
2007-05-28 12:06:17 +00:00
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dist amd64nbsd_supply_pcb: as dumpsys() was changed to prepare switchframe, 2007-05-25 15:14:21 +00:00
lib
usr.bin Add new Makefile knob, USE_FORT, which extends USE_SSP by turning on the 2007-05-28 12:06:17 +00:00
usr.sbin Add new Makefile knob, USE_FORT, which extends USE_SSP by turning on the 2007-05-28 12:06:17 +00:00
Makefile
README

README

$NetBSD: README,v 1.5 2003/12/04 23:32:37 keihan Exp $

Organization of Sources:

This directory hierarchy is using a new organization that
separates the GNU sources from the BSD-style infrastructure
used to build the GNU sources.  The GNU sources are kept in
the standard GNU source tree layout under:

	dist/*

The build infrastructure uses the normal BSD way under:

	lib/*
	usr.bin/*

The makefiles in the above hierarchy will "reach over" into
the GNU sources (src/gnu/dist) for everything they need.


Maintenance Strategy:

The sources under src/gnu/dist are generally a combination of
some published distribution plus changes that we submit to the
maintainers and that are not yet published by them.  There are
a few files that are never expected to be submitted to the FSF,
(i.e. BSD-style makefiles and such) and those generally should
stay in src/gnu/lib or src/gnu/usr.bin (the BSD build areas).

Make sure all changes made to the GNU sources are submitted to
the appropriate maintainer, but only after coordinating with the
NetBSD maintainers by sending your proposed submission to the
<tech-toolchain@NetBSD.org> mailing list.  Only send the changes
to the third-party maintainers after consensus has been reached.