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+dnl
+dnl Useful macros for autoconf to check for ssp-patched gcc
+dnl 1.0 - September 2003 - Tiago Sousa <mirage@kaotik.org>
+dnl 1.1 - August 2006 - Ted Percival <ted@midg3t.net>
+dnl * Stricter language checking (C or C++)
+dnl * Adds GCC_STACK_PROTECT_LIB to add -lssp to LDFLAGS as necessary
+dnl * Caches all results
+dnl * Uses macros to ensure correct ouput in quiet/silent mode
+dnl
+dnl About ssp:
+dnl GCC extension for protecting applications from stack-smashing attacks
+dnl http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/
+dnl
+dnl Usage:
+dnl Call GCC_STACK_PROTECT_LIB to determine if the library implementing SSP is
+dnl available, then the appropriate C or C++ language's test. If you are using
+dnl both C and C++ you will need to use AC_LANG_PUSH and AC_LANG_POP to ensure
+dnl the right language is being used for each test.
+dnl
+dnl GCC_STACK_PROTECT_LIB
+dnl adds libssp to the LDFLAGS if it is available
+dnl
+dnl GCC_STACK_PROTECT_CC
+dnl checks -fstack-protector with the C compiler, if it exists then updates
+dnl CFLAGS and defines ENABLE_SSP_CC
+dnl
+dnl GCC_STACK_PROTECT_CXX
+dnl checks -fstack-protector with the C++ compiler, if it exists then updates
+dnl CXXFLAGS and defines ENABLE_SSP_CXX
+dnl
+
+AC_DEFUN([GCC_STACK_PROTECT_LIB],[
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether libssp exists], ssp_cv_lib,
+ [ssp_old_ldflags="$LDFLAGS"
+ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lssp"
+ AC_TRY_LINK(,, ssp_cv_lib=yes, ssp_cv_lib=no)
+ LDFLAGS="$ssp_old_ldflags"
+ ])
+ if test $ssp_cv_lib = yes; then
+ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lssp"
+ fi
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([GCC_STACK_PROTECT_CC],[
+ AC_LANG_ASSERT(C)
+ if test "X$CC" != "X"; then
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether ${CC} accepts -fstack-protector],
+ ssp_cv_cc,
+ [ssp_old_cflags="$CFLAGS"
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fstack-protector"
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE(,, ssp_cv_cc=yes, ssp_cv_cc=no)
+ CFLAGS="$ssp_old_cflags"
+ ])
+ if test $ssp_cv_cc = yes; then
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fstack-protector"
+ AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_SSP_CC], 1, [Define if SSP C support is enabled.])
+ fi
+ fi
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([GCC_STACK_PROTECT_CXX],[
+ AC_LANG_ASSERT(C++)
+ if test "X$CXX" != "X"; then
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether ${CXX} accepts -fstack-protector],
+ ssp_cv_cxx,
+ [ssp_old_cxxflags="$CXXFLAGS"
+ CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fstack-protector"
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE(,, ssp_cv_cxx=yes, ssp_cv_cxx=no)
+ CXXFLAGS="$ssp_old_cxxflags"
+ ])
+ if test $ssp_cv_cxx = yes; then
+ CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fstack-protector"
+ AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_SSP_CXX], 1, [Define if SSP C++ support is enabled.])
+ fi
+ fi
+])
+