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List:       hurd-bug
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] sutils: add random device targets to MAKEDEV
From:       Justus Winter <4winter () informatik ! uni-hamburg ! de>
Date:       2014-06-17 16:33:56
Message-ID: 20140617163356.14896.43356 () thinkbox ! jade-hamburg ! de
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Quoting David Michael (2014-06-16 21:08:19)
> * sutils/MAKEDEV.sh (random,urandom): New targets.
> (std): Add random and urandom to the standard devices list.
> ---
> =

> Hi,
> =

> With the random merge, can /dev/(u)random devices now be added to
> MAKEDEV?

Yes.

> (I'm not married to the seed file argument, in case there is a
> better default location for it.)

For the record, Debian uses /var/spool/random-seed.

> +      random)
> +       st $I root 644 /hurd/random --secure --seed-file /var/lib/random-=
seed;;

But --secure doesn't seem to work yet, aiui we lack entropy sources.
The Debian package however contains a patch to make --fast the
default.  You could drop --secure, as it is the default in the stock
sources, and will be in the Debian package once this issue is
addressed.

Justus

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