> > 1. apply the patch (or a cleaner one if someone writes one - not me my C > is much too rusty) and trust other problems will be caught by glibc? well first of all make 100% sure that -fstack-protector-all is used in the CFLAGS, as well as -D__FORTIFY_SOURCE=2. The later works from FC3 onwards, the former only in FC5. > > 2. do not apply the patch, trust glibc to catch problems? fixing bugs is better than catching them with a crash. Always.
