Re: Proposal: Disable autoload of compat_xyz modules

[Maxime Villard <max%m00nbsd.net@localhost>]

Le 02/08/2017 à 18:11, maya%netbsd.org@localhost a écrit :
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 01:04:27PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> > Does anyone use compat_linux without also doing the additional system
> > configuration steps of setting up /emul?  Is it an onerous burden to
> > have to modload or add a line in /etc/modules.conf in those steps?
>
> Yes, COMPAT_LINUX is one of netbsd/pkgsrc's biggest user friendliness
> wins.
>
> I can 'cd pkgsrc/www/opera; make install; opera' and get a closed source
> browser that works as is, without even realizing it relies on
> COMPAT_LINUX to work.
>
> Unless some miracle happens, NetBSD will remain an esoteric operating
> system, and we won't have many closed source programs if any. A fairly
> small amount of code gives us access to a large number of programs that
> we would otherwise not have access to.

Certainly. But the problem is, this small amount of code opens the door to
a large number of potential vulnerabilities too. The last one was fixed only
two or three months ago.