-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 is enable in gcc by default on alpine. See the 0004-Turn-on-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE-2-by-default-for-C-C-ObjC-O.patch patch in main/gcc. Disabling it here silences a bunch of compiler warnings. --- a/Makefile.in +++ b/Makefile.in @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DEFS = @DEFS@ -DNMAP_PLATFORM=\"$(NMAP_P # http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-09/msg02055.html # Level 1 only makes changes that don't affect "conforming" programs, # while level 2 enforces additional restrictions. -DEFS += -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 +# DEFS += -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 # For mtrace debugging -- see MTRACE define in main.cc for instructions # Should only be enabled during debugging and not in any real release. # DEFS += -DMTRACE=1