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

[Santiago Vila]

On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 11:08:15PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 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.

I don't have a reference for how much common it can be, but it is easy
to find such suggestion as a workaround for the lack of entropy problem.
Some examples:

https://superuser.com/questions/309840/how-can-i-point-dev-random-to-dev-urandom
https://www.ploxiln.net/urandom_random.html
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1036980

Thanks.