[DRE-maint] Bug#960066: schleuder: decide about the future of Recommends: haveged

[Georg Faerber]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your input.

On 20-05-28 15:09:22, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Also, modern Linux kernels also contain a change to always have enough
> entropy available, even during boot time. Such a kernel will ship with
> bullseye.

ACK, that's one of the reasons I'm thinking about all of this.

> I would recommend dropping the Recommends: haveged.

ACK, that's what I'm leaning towards, too.

Do you have practical experience in regards to the new interface? I'm
wondering especially if it works as expected in virtual machines as
well, regardless of the setup (for example passing a host rng device
into the vm) or the virtualization technology in use? And what about
containers?

Thanks again,
cheers,
Georg