i have stack smashing protection patched into glibc, and all binaries compiled with stack protector need it: ayanami root # readelf -s /bin/bash | grep guard 1688: 0000000000000000 64 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT UND __guard@xxxxxxxxxxx (5) when compiled with gcc 3.3.x, glibc works as expected: ayanami root # readelf -s /lib/libc.so.6 | grep guard 695: 0000000000216680 64 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 29 __guard@@GLIBC_2.3.2 850: 000000000001d440 130 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 11 __guard_setup@@GLIBC_2.3.2 gcc 3.4 nukes these symbols entirely. when i marked __guard and __guard_setup as __attribute__((used)), they became local instead of global... what am i doing wrong here? -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm