Am 09.03.19 um 23:20 schrieb Santiago Vila: > On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 11:08:15PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Am 09.03.19 um 23:00 schrieb Santiago Vila: >>> The reason I would still consider this as a bug (with whatever severity >>> you like) is that symlinking /dev/random to /dev/urandom is a common >>> workaround for lack of entropy, which in turn has traditionally been a >>> common problem for anybody who tries to build a lot of packages in a row. >> >> Can you point to any reference that this is indeed a common practice? >> I think this is a rather bad and dangerous practice, tbh. > > I don't have a reference for how much common it can be, but it is easy > to find such suggestion as a workaround for the lack of entropy problem. > Some examples: > > https://superuser.com/questions/309840/how-can-i-point-dev-random-to-dev-urandom > https://www.ploxiln.net/urandom_random.html
from those references: "You should consider adding more entropy rather than compromising your system." or "One simple way (which I don't really suggest)" -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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