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From: Steffan Karger <steffan@...1856...>
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:02:27 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Build with a few -Werror= flags if the
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On 16-12-16 22:53, Arne Schwabe wrote:
> Am 16.12.16 um 19:26 schrieb Julien Muchembled:
>> The bug in Trac #792 (pointer wrongly truncated as 'int', leading to segfaults)
>> would have been understood faster with either
>>   -Werror=implicit or -Werror=format
>> (and above all, before running buggy executables in production)
>>
>> Debian already compiles with -Werror=format-security, and it's indeed a good
>> idea for a sensitive software like OpenVPN to use it.
>> ---
>>> Yes, please!
>>>
>>> You can put the macro in m4/
>>>
>>
>> OK. Not sure about the license. It's GPL3+
> 
> We cannot accept GPL3+ since it is incompatible with our license (GPL2).

Also for autoconf macro's that are not linked to our code at all?

-Steffan