Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:28:38 +0100 From: Gordon Bergling <gbe@freebsd.org> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Removing WITHOUT_CAPSICUM and WITHOUT_CASPER from 14.x Message-ID: <Y%2B3pNgo8dsFjnTvr@lion.ttyv0.de> In-Reply-To: <01000186589237d9-6c480554-3d01-405a-9f7a-81e96ae2a395-000000@email.amazonses.com>
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Hi Colin,
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 04:53:43AM +0000, Colin Percival wrote:
> Hi FreeBSD architects,
>
> I'd like to remove WITHOUT_CAPSICUM and WITHOUT_CASPER for FreeBSD 14.x.
>
> The rationale for this is threefold:
>
> 1. They doesn't serve any useful purpose and merely weakens security;
>
> 2. They're an anomaly among WITH/WITHOUT options -- most WITHOUT_* options
> take the form "don't build/install <components>" rather than having
> effects across the entire tree.
>
> 3. They're a pain for release engineering, because approximately nobody ever
> tests FreeBSD with WITHOUT_CAPSICUM or WITHOUT_CASPER set, but they're the
> sort of option which can easily break the build due to having affects all
> over the tree.
>
> If nobody objects, my plan is to get rid of the WITHOUT_ build options first
> and leave MK_{CAPSICUM,CASPER} set unconditionally to "yes"; then sweep the
> tree (mostly a matter of running unifdef) after 14.x is branched.
I would think that this a good idea, besides from the release engineering point
of view I can't think about a business case where security measures should be
disabled.
--Gordon
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