Re: gpg can't get random/entropy

[Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>]

On Tue, 15 May 2012 22:21:13 -0400
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost> wrote:

> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 09:59:38PM -0400, Matthew Mondor wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 May 2012 21:45:29 -0400
> > Julio Merino <jmmv%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon 
> > > <tls%panix.com@localhost> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 04:49:57PM -0700, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Not enough random bytes available. ?Please do some other work to give
> > > >> the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 123 more bytes)
> > > >
> > > > I have seen extremely odd behavior of this kind from gpg on other
> > > > platforms, even Linux.
> > > 
> > > Meh, I have just encountered this same problem too :-/
> > 
> > This also affects netbsd-6, unfortunately
> 
> For my part, I can reproduce it with the latest gnupg sources on
> Debian Linux running a Linux 3.1 kernel.  Which is what makes me think
> the problem, in general, isn't exactly my fault.
> 
> I'll try to find some time this weekend to poke at it more.

I didn't check if the random code changed since, but I could flawlessly
create a new key (along with a revocation certificate) this morning
using a very recent netbsd-6 with the same gpg2 software which used to
stall.

Thanks,
-- 
Matt