make sure that also CXX sources pick up the flags (although I'm not 100% of the correctness of the tests)
#TESTING TIME
include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
#when you need to check for a linker flag, just leave the argument of "check_c_compiler_flag" empty
#TODO: should there be two different checks for C and CXX?
#stack protection
check_c_compiler_flag("-fstack-protector" HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR)
if(HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR)
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fstack-protector")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fstack-protector")
endif()
#symbol visibility
check_c_compiler_flag("-fvisibility=hidden" HAVE_VISIBILITYH)
if(HAVE_VISIBILITYH)
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden")
endif()
#check for noexecstack on ELF, Gentoo security
set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-Wl,-z,noexecstack")
check_c_compiler_flag("" HAVE_NOEXECSTACK)
if(HAVE_NOEXECSTACK)
list(APPEND pascal_flags "-k-z" "-knoexecstack")
list(APPEND haskell_flags "-optl" "-z" "-optl" "noexecstack")
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
endif()
#check for full relro on ELF, Debian security
set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now")
check_c_compiler_flag("" HAVE_RELROFULL)
if(HAVE_RELROFULL)
list(APPEND pascal_flags "-k-z" "-krelro" "-k-z" "-know")
list(APPEND haskell_flags "-optl" "-z" "-optl" "relro" "-optl" "-z" "-optl" "now")
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
else()
#if full relro is not available, try partial relro
set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-Wl,-z,relro")
check_c_compiler_flag("" HAVE_RELROPARTIAL)
if(HAVE_RELROPARTIAL)
list(APPEND pascal_flags "-k-z" "-krelro")
list(APPEND haskell_flags "-optl" "-z" "-optl" "relro")
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
endif()
endif()
#check for ASLR on Windows Vista or later, requires binutils >= 2.20
set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-Wl,--nxcompat")
check_c_compiler_flag("" HAVE_WINASLR)
if(HAVE_WINASLR)
list(APPEND pascal_flags "-k--nxcompat")
list(APPEND haskell_flags "-optl" "--nxcompat")
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
endif()
#check for DEP on Windows XP SP2 or later, requires binutils >= 2.20
set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-Wl,--dynamicbase")
check_c_compiler_flag("" HAVE_WINDEP)
if(HAVE_WINDEP)
list(APPEND pascal_flags "-k--dynamicbase")
list(APPEND haskell_flags "-optl" "--dynamicbase")
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
endif()
#always unset or these flags will be spread everywhere
unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS)