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doc: improve hardening docs

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Fixes #18887.
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Franz Pletz 2017-01-20 17:46:44 +01:00
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@ -1401,8 +1401,15 @@ These can be toggled using the <varname>stdenv.mkDerivation</varname> parameters
<varname>hardeningDisable</varname> and <varname>hardeningEnable</varname>.
</para>
<para>The following flags are enabled by default and might require disabling
if the program to package is incompatible.
<para>
Both parameters take a list of flags as strings. The special
<varname>"all"</varname> flag can be passed to <varname>hardeningDisable</varname>
to turn off all hardening. These flags can also be used as environment variables
for testing or development purposes.
</para>
<para>The following flags are enabled by default and might require disabling with
<varname>hardeningDisable</varname> if the program to package is incompatible.
</para>
<variablelist>
@ -1563,7 +1570,8 @@ intel_drv.so: undefined symbol: vgaHWFreeHWRec
</variablelist>
<para>The following flags are disabled by default and should be enabled
for packages that take untrusted input, like network services.
with <varname>hardeningEnable</varname> for packages that take untrusted
input like network services.
</para>
<variablelist>