[Touch-packages] [Bug 1652381] Re: systematic way to refresh the random-seed again and again

2021-06-30 Thread Dan Streetman
please reopen if this is still an issue ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652381 Title:

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1652381] Re: systematic way to refresh the random-seed again and again

2017-08-18 Thread Marc Deslauriers
Hi John, We get the current random seed unit from systemd. Please file a bug with the upstream systemd project, or discuss these changes on the systemd mailing list. Once your changes are accepted by systemd, we will inherit them. Thanks! ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New =>

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1652381] Re: systematic way to refresh the random-seed again and again

2016-12-24 Thread John Denker
Here's an even simpler argument why random-seed-load and random-seed-save should be seen as two separate stateless services, not as the "start" and "stop" of some single long-lived service. Suppose that during boot-up, random-seed-load fails for some reason. There are definitely ways this could

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1652381] Re: systematic way to refresh the random-seed again and again

2016-12-24 Thread John Denker
OK, I implemented approach (2) from the previous comment. The work consists of six steps, in two groups of three: ++ create system/systemd-random-seed-load.service ++ create system/systemd-random-seed-save.service -- get rid of the old system/systemd-random-seed.service ++ create

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1652381] Re: systematic way to refresh the random-seed again and again

2016-12-23 Thread John Denker
I retract patch and recipe mentioned in the initial report. The problem is messier than I initially thought. One fundamental consideration is that apparently systemctl won't start a service that is marked active, and won't stop a service that is marked inactive. This is inconsistent with

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1652381] Re: systematic way to refresh the random-seed again and again

2016-12-23 Thread Colin Watson
Wherever it goes, this part of the random-seed problems is not the responsibility of the installer. Reassigning to systemd for now because that's where systemd-random-seed.service lives. ** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => systemd (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you