Hi all
I have 'svnadmin create /var/lib/svn/TheProject' hanging on a Debian stable box
running subversionn 1.1.4. Googling finds that the problem is that there is not
enough entropy and suggests a recompile of I think libapr0. Blow that. I'm trying to
set this up on a virtual server and I don't want to add all the things that a
recompile would entail. Has anyone had this problem and how does one get more entropy
on a virtual server that I can just login to remotely?
Q: On FreeBSD, certain operations (especially svnadmin create) sometimes hang.
Why?
A: This is usually due to a lack of available entropy on the system. You
probably need to configure the system to gather entropy from sources such as
hard-disk and network interrupts. Consult your system manpages, specifically
random(4) and rndcontrol(8) on how to effect this change.
and here: http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2005-08/0177.shtml
> when for example i do svnadmin create /company/projects/test it
> hangs.. the same for svnadmin create /home/devuser/test
>> As you saw, this usually happens when /dev/random doesn't have enough
>> entropy. Try rebuilding APR/APR-UTIL --with-devrandom=/dev/urandom.
and others say....
> libapr should be compiled using /dev/urandom so that tools like svn
> can actually function on servers where there is less entropy available.
and....
This does not meet the definition of a grave bug. It is quite likely that
it is not a bug at all -- /dev/urandom is *not* a proper replacement for
/dev/random when real entropy is needed, and the Debian packages should not
sacrifice security casually.
Mike
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