Please consider the patch MIMEd.
configure: fix misleading --enable-hardening docstring
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--- configure.ac.~1~
+++ configure.ac 2016-10-09 16:39:08.120404438 +0000
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
LDFLAGS_SHLIB=${LDFLAGS_SHLIB:-$LDFLAGS}
LDFLAGS_STATIC=${LDFLAGS_STATIC:-$LDFLAGS}
AC_ARG_ENABLE([hardening],
-[ --enable-hardening build for coverage testing using gcov],
+[ --enable-hardening build with security hardening flags],
if test "$enableval" = "yes"
then
HARDEN_CFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong"
--- configure.~1~
+++ configure 2016-10-09 16:39:08.124404250 +0000
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@
--enable-bsd-shlibs select BSD shared libraries
--enable-profile build profiling libraries
--enable-gcov build for coverage testing using gcov
- --enable-hardening build for coverage testing using gcov
+ --enable-hardening build with security hardening flags
--enable-jbd-debug enable journal debugging
--enable-blkid-debug enable blkid debugging
--disable-testio-debug disable the use of the test I/O manager for debugging
