From nobody Sat Dec 23 13:08:31 2023 X-Original-To: dev-commits-ports-main@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Sy4HD0VwDz54Tvs; Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:08:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yz@yz.kiev.ua) Received: from nb.yz.kiev.ua (nb.yz.kiev.ua [92.63.99.5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Sy4HC5hcdz4cVJ; Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:08:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yz@yz.kiev.ua) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yz.kiev.ua; s=dkim; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=XjUzwlBvnvCU8rJgldnNFw1KZGSfcyl9u/Js35joHFc=; b=MSeNrAyYtGlxt2dWlPxBLy22Iz NNKSIHET3Z4G3+CtogQzXuKbms5afWvYiCcyyoQuzzbD97EFmfNHXiLL3TiX1cRDSSS315qkZ5oZ4 3dgyP9fIt+QlbZXKSZY6w1FPkA5Ar/27LZZpUnmugy9UHPwBfO1ioQC/2kHOE5nGCeQw=; Received: from yz by nb.yz.kiev.ua with local (Exim 4.92.3 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1rH1jz-000PAW-1C; Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:08:31 +0200 Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:08:31 +0200 From: "George L. Yermulnik" To: Mikhail Pchelin Cc: Mathieu Arnold , Muhammad Moinur Rahman , 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> Mail-Followup-To: Mikhail Pchelin , Mathieu Arnold , Muhammad Moinur Rahman , ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org References: <202312222344.3BMNivih098673@gitrepo.freebsd.org> List-Id: Commits to the main branch of the FreeBSD ports repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-ports-main List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Earth, Europe, Ukraine, Kiev X-Yz-Mark: yz@nb 20231223 15:03:24 User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:29182, ipnet:92.63.96.0/21, country:RU] X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Sy4HC5hcdz4cVJ 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]