Bug#796562: lintian: Please identify lack of sanitation compiler/linker flags

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Subject: Bug#796562: lintian: Please identify lack of sanitation compiler/linker flags
From: intrigeri@debian.org
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:00:23 +0200
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Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.36.1
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: error@debian.org

Hi,

we now have dpkg-buildflags(1) to turn on various sanitation
compiler/linker flags, such as -fsanitize=address.

Usage of such flags is not widespread yet in the Debian archive, but
my first attempts at using them on a few packages revealed bugs (some
of which, with potential security implications). It would be good to
have Lintian point maintainers at these flags, so that they learn
about them, try them out, and possibly discover security issues.

Cheers,
--
intrigeri

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