Author: robert
Date: 2011-08-19 00:37:11 -0600 (Fri, 19 Aug 2011)
New Revision: 1665
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter06/kernfs.xml
Log:
Symlink /dev/urandom to /dev/erandom if /dev/erandom does not already exist.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2011-08-18 07:39:32 UTC (rev 1664)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2011-08-19 06:37:11 UTC (rev 1665)
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>2011-08-19</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[robert] - Symlink /dev/urandom to /dev/erandom if /dev/erandom
+ does not already exist.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>2011-08-18</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -46,10 +56,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>[robert] - Use /dev/erandom with Perl and Glibc.</para>
</listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>[robert] - Bump to attr-2.4.46 and acl-2.2.51.</para>
</listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/kernfs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/kernfs.xml 2011-08-18 07:39:32 UTC (rev 1664)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/kernfs.xml 2011-08-19 06:37:11 UTC (rev 1665)
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
mount -vt proc proc $HLFS/proc
mount -vt sysfs sysfs $HLFS/sys</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Create a symbolic link from <filename
class="devicefile">/dev/urandom</filename>
+ to <filename class="devicefile">/dev/erandom</filename> if it does not
+ exist:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>if ! [ -e /dev/erandom ]; then ln -vs urandom
$HLFS/dev/erandom ; fi</userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
</sect1>
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