Bug#736126: /dev/random entropy depletion on a fresh install

2014-01-20 Thread Sven Hartge
On 20.01.2014 10:22, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > Jeffrey Walton: >> It would probably be very beneficial to install an entropy gatherer by >> default. > > I am unconvinced that haveged is the answer here, but reassigning to the > proper package. Minor data point: "SuSE SLES 11 for VMware Server" inst

Bug#736126: Processed: Re: Bug#736126: /dev/random entropy depletion on a fresh install

2014-01-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2014-01-20 at 08:50 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > noloa...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I installed Debian 7.3 x64 on a Core i5 laptop for some testing (real > >> hardware, not a VM). When testing a program I wrote, I noticed it was > >>

Bug#736126: Processed: Re: Bug#736126: /dev/random entropy depletion on a fresh install

2014-01-20 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > noloa...@gmail.com wrote: >> I installed Debian 7.3 x64 on a Core i5 laptop for some testing (real >> hardware, not a VM). When testing a program I wrote, I noticed it was >> not getting the full number of bytes requested from /dev/random: >>

Bug#736126: Processed: Re: Bug#736126: /dev/random entropy depletion on a fresh install

2014-01-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
noloa...@gmail.com wrote: > I installed Debian 7.3 x64 on a Core i5 laptop for some testing (real > hardware, not a VM). When testing a program I wrote, I noticed it was > not getting the full number of bytes requested from /dev/random: > > unsigned char buffer[32]; > fd = open("/dev/rando

Processed: Re: Bug#736126: /dev/random entropy depletion on a fresh install

2014-01-20 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > reassign -1 tasksel Bug #736126 [haveged] /dev/random entropy depletion on a fresh install Bug reassigned from package 'haveged' to 'tasksel'. No longer marked as found in versions 1.4.4. Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #736126 to the same values pre