Bug#653191: Please enable hardened build flags through dpkg-buildpackage

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 08:43:18AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:40:02PM +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> > Package: iceweasel
> > Version: 9.0.1-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > Please source the hardened build flags from dpkg-buildflags for
> > CPPFLAGS, CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS for the iceweasel build.
> 
> FWIW, dpkg-buildflags is extremely unuseful for that, because it mixes
> hardening flags with other flags.

Is that because you use a different optimization level other than
O2? 

I've noticed that issue with a couple of packages, so I'm considering to
submit a patch for dpkg-buildflags, but I'd like to know if you see
different issues?

Cheers,
        Moritz