tags #320307 - patch
tags #320307 help
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On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 01:14:03PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hmm. I just realised that my patch is wrong too. If you cannot read 8
> bytes from /dev/random but only 1-7, it will not retry until 8 bytes are
> read! Therefore not seeding the prng correctly.

Ouch.

> I don't really have time to write a corrected patch right now, sorry.

That's a pity. Thanks for your efforts anyway.

Tagging this bug appropriately.

Greetings
Marc

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