Configure check for /dev/urandom

• Reporter: cazfi
• Owner: cazfi
• Type: Patches
• Status: Closed
• Component: Bootstrap
• MileStone: 2.6.5 (closed)
• Priority: 5 - Medium
• Severity: 5 - Medium
• Resolution: Fixed
• File: 2

Details Reply

We have currently disabled support for using /dev/urandom as randseed source. Add a proper configure check to enable it when possible.

Ticket History (3/7 Histories)

2021-04-04 12:13 Updated by: cazfi

• New Ticket "Configure check for /dev/urandom" created

2021-04-04 12:32 Updated by: cazfi

• File 0052-Enable-dev-urandom-support-when-possible.patch (File ID: 6408) is attached

2021-04-04 12:32 Updated by: cazfi

• Resolution Update from None to Accepted

2021-04-06 18:22 Updated by: cazfi

• Resolution Update from Accepted to None

Comment Reply

Configure result display has issues, there's an extra result line after the real one.

2021-04-07 04:15 Updated by: cazfi

• File 0011-Enable-dev-urandom-support-when-possible.patch (File ID: 6425) is attached

2021-04-07 04:16 Updated by: cazfi

• Resolution Update from None to Accepted

Comment Reply

- Use AC_CACHE_VAL() instead of AC_CACHE_CHECK(), for more sane configure output.

2021-04-15 20:16 Updated by: cazfi

• Status Update from Open to Closed
• Owner Update from (None) to cazfi
• Resolution Update from Accepted to Fixed