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authorDarren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net>2024-12-04 11:36:01 +0100
committerDarren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net>2024-12-04 11:37:22 +0100
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parentupstream: Improve description of KbdInteractiveAuthentication. (diff)
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Update readme files to better reflect reality.
Prompted by bz#3738, ok djm@.
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@@ -41,15 +41,17 @@ direct support of /dev/random, or failing that, either prngd or egd.
PRNGD:
If your system lacks kernel-based random collection, the use of Lutz
-Jaenicke's PRNGd is recommended. It requires that libcrypto be configured
-to support it.
+Jaenicke's PRNGd is recommended. If you are using libcrypto it requires
+that the libcrypto is configured to support it. If you are building
+--without-openssl then the --with-prngd-socket option must match the
+socket provided by prngd.
http://prngd.sourceforge.net/
EGD:
The Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) supports the same interface as prngd.
-It also supported only if libcrypto is configured to support it.
+The same caveats about configuration for prngd also apply.
http://egd.sourceforge.net/
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ http://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/
Autoconf:
If you modify configure.ac or configure doesn't exist (eg if you checked
-the code out of git yourself) then you will need autoconf-2.69 and
-automake-1.16.1 to rebuild the automatically generated files by running
+the main git branch) then you will need autoconf-2.69 and automake-1.16.1
+or newer to rebuild the automatically generated files by running
"autoreconf". Earlier versions may also work but this is not guaranteed.
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/