release-notes/devel/en_US Devel.xml,1.10,1.11

Paul W. Frields (pfrields) fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Oct 8 23:41:10 UTC 2007


Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv28694

Modified Files:
	Devel.xml 
Log Message:
Sync content from wiki for F8 GA.



Index: Devel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Devel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- Devel.xml	26 Sep 2007 00:29:58 -0000	1.10
+++ Devel.xml	8 Oct 2007 23:41:08 -0000	1.11
@@ -41,13 +41,22 @@
 	  <emphasis>No content</emphasis>
 	</para>
       </section>
-      <section id="sn-">
+-->
+      <section id="sn-gcc-code-generation">
 	<title>Code Generation</title>
 	<para>
-	  <emphasis>No content</emphasis>
+	  Starting with <package>gcc-4.1.2-25</package> and
+	  <package>glibc-2.6.90-14</package>, the
+	  <option>-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2</option> option protects not only
+	  C code, but also C++. There have been several security issues
+	  already which would have been unexploitable if this checking
+	  was in place earlier. Refer to this <ulink
+	    url="https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2007-September/msg00015.html">announcement</ulink> 
+	  for more details. 
 	</para>
       </section>
-      <section id="sn-">
+<!--
+      <section id="sn-language-extensions">
 	<title>Language Extensions</title>
 	<para>
 	  <emphasis>No content</emphasis>




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