Hello Michael,
On 03/03/2012 02:48 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > The version of the rng-tools Debian package I'm using is > '2-unofficial-mt.14-1~60squeeze1'. Are the -T and -R parameters unique > to Debian, or is the Gentoo package simply out of date? Yes, version 2-unofficial-mt.14* is a Debian fork. Quoting from its README file: rng-tools, unofficial Debian fork ================================= NOTICE: This is an unofficial version of rng-tools with a lot of added functionality and bugs, for which I assume total blame. Don't bother rng-tools upstream with problems you find in this version of rng-tools. rng-tools unofficial-mt is a living reminder to myself to not modify upstream code without sending the changes upstream at every step. Suddenly, you have a mass of changes too big to send upstream, and yet you find yourself without the energy to break them into smallish patches to submit upstream (i.e. to "unfork"). [..] If you would rather use Debian's version in Gentoo, give sys-apps/rng-tools-2_p14 a try, which I have just added to overlay betagarden: # layman -a betagarden # emerge =sys-apps/rng-tools-2_p14 If you would like to see features from Debian's fork in rng-tools 3.x and beyond, please step up and help rng-tools' upstream integrate Debian's changes. Best, Sebastian
