GNU bug report logs - #23605
/dev/urandom not seeded across reboots

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 17:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #65 received at 23605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23605: /dev/urandom not seeded across reboots
Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 14:26:23 -0400

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 02:05:35PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> Please find my latest patch attached. It seems to work for me!

I'm currently reconfiguring my GuixSD system with this patch to make
sure bad things don't happen the first time the user halts and the seed
file does not exist. Or something like that. Just to see what happens.

So far, I tested this by generating VM images.
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