From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60072) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eMPVH-0004yM-2j for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:32:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eMPVD-0004ap-5B for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:32:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39615) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eMPVC-0004aJ-KZ for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:32:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eMPVC-0004fJ-A2 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:32:02 -0500 Subject: [bug#29542] rng-tools: New upstream location, new releases Resent-Message-ID: References: <20171203003126.GA353@jasmine.lan> <20171204184558.GF30970@jasmine.lan> From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 03:33:43 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20171204184558.GF30970@jasmine.lan> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dxqehpUa7g5LrGSAQqQNE32KgII72o9xh" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: leo@famulari.name Cc: 29542@debbugs.gnu.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --dxqehpUa7g5LrGSAQqQNE32KgII72o9xh Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="2C8No4NuKtgWKMV8KeGcudXEFkJmV0WfB"; protected-headers="v1" From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice To: leo@famulari.name Cc: 29542@debbugs.gnu.org Message-ID: Subject: Re: [bug#29542] rng-tools: New upstream location, new releases References: <20171203003126.GA353@jasmine.lan> <20171204184558.GF30970@jasmine.lan> In-Reply-To: <20171204184558.GF30970@jasmine.lan> --2C8No4NuKtgWKMV8KeGcudXEFkJmV0WfB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Leo, Leo Famulari wrote on 04/12/17 at 19:45: > On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 08:49:09PM +0100, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: >> Hm. Looks legit, no? >=20 > I think so but one can never be sure :) Indeed, at least a signature would have been nice... :-/ > I started looking at this package because I'm interested in improving > the situation with the Linux RNG for virtualized GuixSD. Rng-tool's rng= d > seems to have a part to play here. I think it would be better to keep t= he > closure small since it could potentially end up deployed widely. Oh. If this is going to end up as a dependency on certain systems, I certainly agree that changes things! Somebody using it for crypto is unlikely to be simulating Monte Carlos, and one presumes vice versa. > How about we disable the NIST beacon support for now, and add > 'rng-tools-minimal' later if the feature is requested? Yeah, when we're inundated with e-mails. Sounds good to me! Kind regards, T G-R --2C8No4NuKtgWKMV8KeGcudXEFkJmV0WfB-- --dxqehpUa7g5LrGSAQqQNE32KgII72o9xh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iIMEARYKACsWIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCWidXCQ0cbWVAdG9iaWFz LmdyAAoJEA2w/4hPVW15GjYBAJ9GSiUUQiTFQdea7TQzYQR7fvyYUOPncvTL8Nzj L/enAP0Y18VUekdfU743x0uNGRFWOKbrYNQ0j/g4FxTEv/DWAw== =d5cT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dxqehpUa7g5LrGSAQqQNE32KgII72o9xh--