Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:15:01 +0300 From: Mikhail Pchelin <misha@freebsd.org> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> Cc: Muhammad Moinur Rahman <bofh@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: e4b7e0154f5e - main - Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk: Expand ASLR Message-ID: <ZYaXBXpT7A3CFwBD@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <kyqqa5kletachgdhqhtorvu52dn5ojquwt6lumfpljv7cbxau7@wzzdrme5yxcy> References: <202312222344.3BMNivih098673@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <kyqqa5kletachgdhqhtorvu52dn5ojquwt6lumfpljv7cbxau7@wzzdrme5yxcy>
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On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:54:41AM +0100, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 11:44:57PM +0000, Muhammad Moinur Rahman wrote: > > diff --git a/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk b/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk > > index d20740cc888a..f877b04dd8d4 100644 > > --- a/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk > > +++ b/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk > > @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ APE_DESC?= Monkey's Audio lossless format support > > ARCHIVE_DESC?= bzip2/zip/iso9660 archive support > > ARMADILLO_DESC?= TPS transform computation via Armadillo > > ASIO_DESC?= Asynchronous I/O support > > -ASLR_DESC?= Enable ASLR support > > +ASLR_DESC?= Enable Address Space Layout Randomization support > > ASM_DESC?= Use optimized assembly code > > ASPELL_DESC?= Spell checking support via GNU Aspell > > ASSERT_DESC?= Enable debug assertions > > To be a bit pedantic, it still means little to the user, does it mean it > will build stuff with the random bits, or that it adds random bits to > stuff when running... If a user don't understand implications of enabling the option one should not check or uncheck it and rely on the defaults, provided by the maintainer. If a user wants to know more - ASLR acronym is perfectly googlable with wikipedia article being the first link.
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