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Re: Dropping haveged from the installer

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Hi Ben,

Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (2019-11-07):
> Linux 5.4 introduces an in-kernel jitter-entropy implementation for
> systems without a usable hardware RNG, which should remove the need for
> haveged.
> 
> We could possibly cherry-pick that change on to 5.3, to avoid the need
> for further changes to haveged packaging.

Oh, great.

Feel free to either follow-up on this bug report once you have
backported it to 5.3, or alternatively once 5.4 trunk has reached
experimental, so that the switch away from haveged can be tested.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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Dropping haveged from the installer Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-11-07 20:10 +0100
  Re: Dropping haveged from the installer Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2019-11-07 22:40 +0100
    Re: Dropping haveged from the installer Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-11-09 23:00 +0100
      Re: Dropping haveged from the installer Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2020-03-14 08:20 +0100
        Re: Dropping haveged from the installer Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-03-15 20:20 +0100
          Re: Dropping haveged from the installer Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2020-03-16 04:40 +0100

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