Bug#873047: libgfshare: gfsplit SIGSEGV if /dev/urandom is not accessible

[Chris Lamb]

Hi Simon,

> Patch attached

Updated patch attached.

For some reason vim went a bit crazy and set gfshare_fill_rand twice. Y'know,
just to be sure it's set...


Best wishes,

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diff --git a/tools/gfsplit.c b/tools/gfsplit.c
index 9aadb22..c02c4d4 100644
--- a/tools/gfsplit.c
+++ b/tools/gfsplit.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
   if (access("/dev/urandom", R_OK) == 0) {
     gfshare_fill_rand = gfsplit_fill_rand;
   } else {
+    gfshare_fill_rand = gfshare_bad_idea_but_fill_rand_using_random;
     fprintf(stderr, "\
 %s: Cannot access /dev/urandom, so using rand() instead (not secure!)\n\
 ", progname);