FTBFS if "-Werror=format-security" flag is used

[Adam Williamson]

On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 10:37 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 12/05/2013 07:43 PM, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
> 
> >> From: "Ralf Corsepius"
> 
> >> Would you mind to explain why you guys are putting such an emphasize on
> >> -Wformat-security?
> >
> > Some possible ways how to look at it:
> > * because when all reported packages are patched, it would remove one
> >    whole class of security flaws,
> 
> Iff the tools being utilized were reliable and if the findings are fixed 
> by skilled people, who really understand what they are doing.
> Both does NOT APPLY in Fedora. Fedora/RH's GCC produces false diagnoses 
> and the average Fedora packager is not an experienced C-developer.

The intent is not for Fedora packagers to patch problems downstream, it
is for them to report bugs upstream and have the problems fixed there.
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