#5690: Enable RTS opts by default with security warning
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Reporter: EyalLotem | Owner:
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Compiler
Version: 7.2.1 | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Failure: None/Unknown | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
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RTS options have security problems. However, disabling them has a lot of
downsides.
I propose enabling them by default, with a message like:
"Warning: RTS options are enabled. This has the security implications
explained by http://.... To disable RTS options, use -disable-rtsopts. To
suppress this warning, use -enable-rtsopts."
This would allow everyone to ignore the warning while in development, or
explicitly enable rts opts as they do now. Security-minded projects will
not be likely to forget to disable the RTS opts given this warning.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5690>
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