On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 08:50:45AM -0500, Dan McGee wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Daniel Wallace > <[email protected]> wrote: > > FS#30286 Inform the user that entropy is needed > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Wallace <[email protected]> > > --- > > scripts/pacman-key.sh.in | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in b/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in > > index ae491d2..41498c6 100644 > > --- a/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in > > +++ b/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in > > @@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ generate_master_key() { > > # Generate the master key, which will be in both pubring and secring > > "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --gen-key --batch <<EOF > > %echo Generating pacman keyring master key... > > +%echo Please do something to help gather entropy > > Doesn't gnupg itself print a message like this?
It does, but not in --batch mode. > I also agree that without some example of something to do, this > message would still leave me scratching my head if I didn't know as > much as I do about the Linux RNG. > > -Dan >
