Hi, I compiled my gcc-4.1.1 with ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-stack-protector-all \ --enable-shared --enable-threads=poxis --enable-__cxa_atexit \ --disable-checking --with-gnu-ld --verbose --target=i486-hardened-linux --host=i486-hardened-linux --enable-libstdcpp My gcc -v sais: Using built-in specs. Target: i486-hardenedlinux Configured wit: ../gcc-4.1.1/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-stack-protector-all --enable-shared --enable-threads=poxis --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-checking --with-gnu-ld --verbose --target=i486-hardened-linux --host=i486-hardened-linux --enable-libstdcpp Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.1 My problem is, that my gcc does not enable -fstack-protector-all by default (but I used --enable-stack-protector-all): $ cat conftest.c #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("%i\n", __SSP_ALL__); return 0; } $ gcc -o conftest conftest.c conftest.c: In function 'main': conftest.c:3: error: '__SSP_ALL__' undeclared (first use in this function) ... $ gcc -o conftest -fstack-protector-all conftest.c $ ./conftest 2 I don't understand why I need to enable -fstack-protector-all by hand. regards --Steffen