Package: rng-tools Version: 2-unofficial-mt.10-2 Severity: wishlist
Hello, Trying to install rng-tools when you don't have a /dev/hwrandom leads to: Setting up rng-tools (2-unofficial-mt.10-2) ... Trying to create /dev/hwrng device inode... udev active, devices will be created in /dev/.static/dev/ Starting Hardware RNG entropy gatherer daemon: (Hardware RNG device inode not found) /etc/init.d/rng-tools: Cannot find a hardware RNG device to use. invoke-rc.d: initscript rng-tools, action "start" failed. As described here: Bug#239810: rng-tools: Fails to start/install when no hardware RNG is present http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239810 This should have been fixed, right ? Thanks Mathieu Ref: http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/msg/2644cd4b1bce0594 That's why the package complained. Add a static link from /dev/null to /dev/hwrandom, and the package will install (and promptly chug a lot of CPU trying to get useful data out of /dev/null, I suppose). Stop the daemon, remove the symlinks that activate it, and you will have it installed even if that won't be useful to you right now. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (989, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages rng-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii makedev 2.3.1-82 creates device files in /dev rng-tools recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
