Re: git: e4b7e0154f5e - main - Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk: Expand ASLR

From: Mikhail Pchelin <misha_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 08:15:01 UTC 
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.