Hi, Hmmm? why not fix ia32-apt-get ? It sounds like it would always be a problem on headless servers.
At Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:51:50 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > > Package: pbuilder > Version: 0.188 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi Junichi, > > what about an option to replace /dev/random with /dev/urandom inside the > chroot? > Installation of ia32-apt-get (current sid) during package build every time > drains /dev/random and blocks until enough new random bits can be collected. > For creating some temporary gpg keys/keyrings/whatever, the use of > /dev/urandom should be sufficient. > Are there any uses of pbuilder that might need a "good" /dev/random device? > > What about a new setting for pbuilder to replace /dev/random by a > symlink to /dev/urandom > a) never (as it is now, probably should be the default) > b) during build > c) always (also during login/execute --save-after, create/update, ...) > ==> DEVURANDOMASDEVRANDOM=never|build|always > > Once a setting of 'always' was used in a session that was saved > (--save-after, update, create) that change might be "permanent" and not > automatically undone by setting 'never' or 'build'. > > > Andreas > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (800, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable'), (130, > 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages pbuilder depends on: > ii coreutils 7.4-2 The GNU core utilities > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.26 Debian configuration management > sy > ii debianutils 3.1.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific > t > ii debootstrap 1.0.10lenny1 Bootstrap a basic Debian system > ii wget 1.11.4-2 retrieves files from the web > > Versions of packages pbuilder recommends: > ii devscripts 2.10.52 scripts to make the life of a > Debi > ii fakeroot 1.12.2 Gives a fake root environment > ii sudo 1.7.0-1 Provide limited super user > privile > > Versions of packages pbuilder suggests: > ii cowdancer 0.56 Copy-on-write directory tree > utili > ii gdebi 0.3.11debian1+nmu1 Simple tool to install deb files > pn pbuilder-uml <none> (no description available) > > -- debconf information excluded > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pbuilder-maint mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pbuilder-maint > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
