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 23:20 schrieb 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

from those references:
"You should consider adding more entropy rather than compromising your
system."
or
"One simple way (which I don't really suggest)"



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