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From: Arne Schwabe <arne@...1227...>
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:53:34 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Build with a few -Werror= flags if the
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To: Julien Muchembled <jm@...1926...>, openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
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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).

Arne