In article <200611292236.32508.richard.kaestner@kabsi.at>,
Richard Kästner  <richard.kaestner@kabsi.at> wrote:
>
>Later attempts fail with different messages - however, much earlier in the 
>compile process.
>One looks like this:
>
>#   compile  gas/tc-arm.o
>/usr/www/pages/ftp/pub/NetBSD/evbarm/SRC/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-4.99.4-i386/bin/arm--netbsdelf-gcc -O2
>-fack-protector -Wstack-protector --param 
>ssp-buffer-size=1  -Werror   -I/usr/www/pages/ftp/pub/NetB
>SDvbarm/SRC/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gas/arch/arm
>-I/usr/www/pages/ftp/pub/NetBSD/evbarm/SRC/gnu/usr.bin
>/butils/gas/../../../dist/binutils/gas
>-I/usr/www/pages/ftp/pub/NetBSD/evbarm/SRC/gnu/usr.bin/binuti
>lsas/../../../dist/binutils/gas/config 
>. . .
> -c   
>/usr/www/pages/ftp/pub/NetBSD/evbarm/SRC/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gas/../../../
>di/binutils/gas/config/tc-arm.c
>cc1: warnings being treated as errors
>/usr/www/pages/ftp/pub/NetBSD/evbarm/SRC/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gas/../../../dist/binutils/gas/config/
>-arm.c: In function 'start_unwind_section':
>/usr/www/pages/ftp/pub/NetBSD/evbarm/SRC/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gas/../../../dist/binutils/gas/config/tc
>-arm.c:13721: warning: not protecting local variables: variable length buffer
>
>*** Failed target:  tc-arm.o

why are you compiling with SSP?

christos