665210 – <net-misc/chrony-3.4_pre1 stalls at boot due to changes in kernel on RNG

Bug 665210 - <net-misc/chrony-3.4_pre1 stalls at boot due to changes in kernel on RNG

Summary: <net-misc/chrony-3.4_pre1 stalls at boot due to changes in kernel on RNG

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED)

URL:	https://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chro...
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Reported:	2018-09-04 08:24 UTC by MickKi
Modified:	2018-09-19 19:59 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description MickKi 2018-09-04 08:24:30 UTC

Recent kernel commits affecting RNG are causing chrony-3.3 to stall at boot, until /dev/urandom becomes available.

Reproducible: Always




net-misc/chrony-3.4_pre1 has been patched to address this problem.

Comment 1 MickKi 2018-09-04 08:31:35 UTC

Bug identified by Holger Hoffstätte and reported to chrony devs as per discussion in provided URL.