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# DP: Turn on -Wformat -Wformat-security by  default for C, C++, ObjC, ObjC++.

---
 gcc/c-common.c      |    2 +-
 gcc/c.opt           |    2 +-
 gcc/doc/invoke.texi |    8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: b/src/gcc/c-family/c.opt
===================================================================
--- a/src/gcc/c-family/c.opt
+++ b/src/gcc/c-family/c.opt
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 Warn about format strings that are not literals
 
 Wformat-security
-C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_security) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 2, 0)
+C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_security) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 2, 0) Init(1)
 Warn about possible security problems with format functions
 
 Wformat-y2k
Index: b/src/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
===================================================================
--- a/src/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/src/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -3351,6 +3351,11 @@
 in future warnings may be added to @option{-Wformat-security} that are not
 included in @option{-Wformat-nonliteral}.)
 
+NOTE: In Ubuntu 8.10 and later versions this option is enabled by default
+for C, C++, ObjC, ObjC++.  To disable, use @option{-Wno-format-security},
+or disable all format warnings with @option{-Wformat=0}.  To make format
+security warnings fatal, specify @option{-Werror=format-security}.
+
 @item -Wformat-y2k
 @opindex Wformat-y2k
 @opindex Wno-format-y2k