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| -rw-r--r-- | configure.in | 38 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in index d94a76a6b..fcf9916a5 100644 --- a/configure.in +++ b/configure.in @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ case "$use_static_rnd" in ;; esac + + dnl dnl See whether the user wants to disable checking for /dev/random @@ -116,8 +118,11 @@ if test x$compile_libgcrypt = xyes ; then else compile_libgcrypt=no AC_MSG_WARN([[ +*** *** LIBGCRYPT is not yet ready for public testing. -*** Maybe you have more luck with the next release of GnuPG]]) +*** Maybe you have more luck with the next release of GnuPG +*** Watch the gnupg-announce mailing list or the webpage. +***]]) fi fi AM_CONDITIONAL(COMPILE_LIBGCRYPT, test x$compile_libgcrypt = xyes) @@ -400,13 +405,15 @@ if test "$ac_cv_header_sys_capability_h" = "yes" ; then fi if test "$use_capabilities" = "no" ; then AC_MSG_WARN([[ +*** *** The use of capabilities on this system is not possible. *** You need a recent Linux kernel and some patches: *** fcaps-2.2.9-990610.patch (kernel patch for 2.2.9) *** fcap-module-990613.tar.gz (kernel module) *** libcap-1.92.tar.gz (user mode library and utilities) *** And you have to configure the kernel with CONFIG_VFS_CAP_PLUGIN -*** set (filesystems menu). Be warned: This code is *really* ALPHA.]]) +*** set (filesystems menu). Be warned: This code is *really* ALPHA. +***]]) fi fi @@ -455,6 +462,7 @@ dnl dnl Figure out the default linkage mode for cipher modules dnl dnl (We always need a static rmd160) +print_egd_notice=no static_modules="$static_modules rmd160" if test "$use_static_rnd" = default; then if test "$ac_cv_have_dev_random" = yes; then @@ -472,6 +480,7 @@ if test "$use_static_rnd" = default; then ;; *) static_modules="$static_modules rndunix" + print_egd_notice=yes ;; esac fi @@ -480,9 +489,34 @@ else : else static_modules="$static_modules rnd$use_static_rnd" + if test "$use_static_rnd" = "unix"; then + print_egd_notice=yes + fi fi fi + +if test "$print_egd_notice" = "yes"; then + AC_MSG_WARN([[ +*** +*** The performance of the UNIX random gatherer module is not very good +*** and it does not keep the entropy pool over multiple invocations of +*** GnuPG. The suggested way to overcome this problem is to use the +*** +*** Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) +*** +*** which provides a entropy source for the whole system. It is written +*** in Perl and available at the GnuPG FTP servers. For more information +*** consult the GnuPG webpages: +*** +*** http://www.gnupg.org/donwload.html#egd +*** +*** You may want to run ./configure with --enable-static-rnd=none to be +*** able to load the EGD client code dynamically; this way you can choose +*** between RNDUNIX and RNDEGD without recompilation. +***]]) +fi + dnl dnl Parse the modules list and build the list dnl of static and dymically linked modules |