[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Inform the user to generate entropy
FS#30286 Inform the user that entropy is needed Signed-off-by: Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace@gatech.edu> --- 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 "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --gen-key --batch <<EOF %echo Generating pacman keyring master key... +%echo Please do something to help gather entropy Key-Type: RSA Key-Length: 2048 Key-Usage: sign -- 1.7.11.2
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace@gatech.edu> wrote:
+%echo Please do something to help gather entropy
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/28027 An example would be welcome. As one forum member remarked, going off to do some house-cleaning doesn't help ;P
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace@gatech.edu> wrote:
FS#30286 Inform the user that entropy is needed
Signed-off-by: Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace@gatech.edu> --- scripts/pacman-key.sh.in | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in b/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in index ae491d2..41498c6 100644 --- a/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in +++ b/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in @@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ generate_master_key() { # Generate the master key, which will be in both pubring and secring "${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? 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
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 08:50:45AM -0500, Dan McGee wrote:
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace@gatech.edu> wrote:
FS#30286 Inform the user that entropy is needed
Signed-off-by: Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace@gatech.edu> --- 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
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Dan McGee
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Daniel Wallace
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Dave Reisner
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Karol Blazewicz