Bug#923674: systemd: test-stat-util fails with SIGABRT when /dev/random is bind-mounted from /dev/urandom

[Michael Biebl]

Am 09.03.19 um 23:00 schrieb Santiago Vila:
> The reason I would still consider this as a bug (with whatever severity
> you like) is that symlinking /dev/random to /dev/urandom is a common
> workaround for lack of entropy, which in turn has traditionally been a
> common problem for anybody who tries to build a lot of packages in a row.

Can you point to any reference that this is indeed a common practice?
I think this is a rather bad and dangerous practice, tbh.

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