We already set this via GCC (patched in) and setting it individually per-package like this causes redefinition errors if folks try to use the new =3 level. So, protection is the same without this, and this patch removes the trouble of upgrading to =3 which we're working on. https://bugs.gentoo.org/847790 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ if test "x${enable_debug}" = xyes; then FORTIFY_CFLAGS="" else OPT_CFLAGS="-O3" - FORTIFY_CFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" + FORTIFY_CFLAGS="" fi # Check for availablility of hardening options