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From: Robert Vollmert <rob@vllmrt.net>
Subject: bug#36380: related article (Debian)
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:04:54 +0200
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Just ran across this article about Debian dealing with similar issues.

https://daniel-lange.com/archives/152-hello-buster.html

One of the suggested work-arounds is to rely on virtio_rng on
virtual machines, but it seems Guix already uses that on my machine,
so perhaps it doesn=E2=80=99t help:

rob@garp ~$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_available=20
virtio_rng.0=20
rob@garp ~$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_current=20
virtio_rng.0