On 24.07.2012 22:12, Elena ``of Valhalla'' wrote: > The package builds on my amd64, but running the tests takes a long > time[1] because gnupg (called by python-gnupg) is waiting for random > data. > > I suspect that the issue is that the typical lack of entropy > of virtual machines is the cause of the 60 minutes wait. >
That test requires a lot of random data (5 MB). It seems to be only used for testing if signing files work. Do you have an idea why the data needs to be random instead of just using a hardcoded pattern to generate that file? Relying on random data in unit tests is a bad idea anyway ... Felix -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
