[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#990228: openssl: breaks ssl-cert installation: 8022CB35777F0000:error:1200007A:random number generator:RAND_write_file:Not a regular file:../crypto/rand/randfile.c:190:Filename=/dev/urandom

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: openssl
Version: 3.0.0~~alpha16-1
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

during a test with piuparts I noticed your package causes other package
to fail installation/upgrading.

>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):

...
  Setting up openssl (3.0.0~~alpha16-1) ...
  Setting up libbsd0:amd64 (0.11.3-1) ...
  Setting up readline-common (8.1-2) ...
  Setting up libxml2:amd64 (2.9.10+dfsg-6.7) ...
  Setting up libgdbm6:amd64 (1.19-2) ...
  Setting up postgresql-client-common (226) ...
  Setting up libedit2:amd64 (3.1-20210522-1~exp1) ...
  Setting up libreadline8:amd64 (8.1-2) ...
  Setting up libldap-2.4-2:amd64 (2.4.57+dfsg-3) ...
  Setting up libllvm11:amd64 (1:11.0.1-2) ...
  Setting up ssl-cert (1.1.0+nmu1) ...
  Could not create certificate. Openssl output was:
  Generating a RSA private key
  ..+..+......+.......+.....+...+.........+.......+...+..+...+.+..+...+.........+.......+...+..+.........+.+...........+...+.+......+........+......+......+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*..+..........+........+.......+.........+..+...+....+..+.+............+..+................+...+............+..+.............+...+..+.......+...+.....+..................+.......+.........+........+.+........................+............+.........+..+.........+.+..+......+.+...........+.........+.+.....+....+.........+.....+.+....................+....+............+...+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  ..+.+........+...+...+.......+..................+..+.........+...+.+............+...+.....+......................+..+......+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*........+...+....+......+...+..+...+..........+.....+......+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*....+......+...+....+..+....+..+....+.........+..+...+....+.....+.+......+.....+.+..+.............+..+..........+..+.+........+............+.........+....+..+.......+.....+...+.......+...+...+..+....+...+..+.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  Writing new private key to '/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key'
  -----
  Warning: No -copy_extensions given; ignoring any extensions in the request
  Cannot write random bytes:
  8022CB35777F0000:error:1200007A:random number generator:RAND_write_file:Not a regular file:../crypto/rand/randfile.c:190:Filename=/dev/urandom
  dpkg: error processing package ssl-cert (--configure):
   installed ssl-cert package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-common:
   postgresql-common depends on ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11); however:
    Package ssl-cert is not configured yet.
...

Hmm, well, yes, /dev/urandom is not a regular file. It's a character device node.


cheers,

Andreas
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