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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2000-09-18 14:35:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2000-09-18 14:35:34 +0000 |
| commit | 986d928ce2a561b04fda7730de6a94f9b1e703d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d815bcf427ee76f678153f4b000d8843816a2bd /cipher/rndlinux.c | |
| parent | See ChangeLog: Tue Aug 22 14:31:15 CEST 2000 Werner Koch (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-986d928ce2a561b04fda7730de6a94f9b1e703d6.tar.gz gnupg-986d928ce2a561b04fda7730de6a94f9b1e703d6.zip | |
See ChangeLog: Mon Sep 18 16:35:45 CEST 2000 Werner Koch
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| -rw-r--r-- | cipher/rndlinux.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cipher/rndlinux.c b/cipher/rndlinux.c index bca596fd1..c23269644 100644 --- a/cipher/rndlinux.c +++ b/cipher/rndlinux.c @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ get_entropy_count( int fd ) #endif /**************** - * Used to open the Linux and xBSD /dev/random devices + * Used to open the /dev/random devices (Linux, xBSD, Solaris (if it exists), ...) */ static int open_device( const char *name, int minor ) @@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ open_device( const char *name, int minor ) g10_log_fatal("can't open %s: %s\n", name, strerror(errno) ); if( fstat( fd, &sb ) ) g10_log_fatal("stat() off %s failed: %s\n", name, strerror(errno) ); - if( !S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode) ) - g10_log_fatal("invalid random device!\n" ); + /* Don't check device type for better portability */ + /* if( (!S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode)) && (!S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode)) ) + g10_log_fatal("invalid random device!\n" ); */ return fd; } |