Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:08:31 +0200 From: "George L. Yermulnik" <yz@yz.kiev.ua> To: Mikhail Pchelin <misha@freebsd.org> Cc: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>, 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: <20231223130830.GD26857@yz.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <ZYaXBXpT7A3CFwBD@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <202312222344.3BMNivih098673@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <kyqqa5kletachgdhqhtorvu52dn5ojquwt6lumfpljv7cbxau7@wzzdrme5yxcy> <ZYaXBXpT7A3CFwBD@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Hello! On Sat, 23 Dec 2023 at 11:15:01 (+0300), Mikhail Pchelin wrote: > 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. User-friendliness left the chat =( > If a user wants to know more - ASLR acronym is perfectly googlable with > wikipedia article being the first link. This way entire "options.desc" framework perfectly makes no sense. All the option names are more-or-less acronyms. Why would need to waste time supporting `bsd.options.desc.mk` where we have web search engines... -- George L. Yermulnik [YZ-RIPE]home | help
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