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Hello Michael, |
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On 03/03/2012 02:48 PM, Michael Mol wrote: |
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> The version of the rng-tools Debian package I'm using is |
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> '2-unofficial-mt.14-1~60squeeze1'. Are the -T and -R parameters unique |
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> to Debian, or is the Gentoo package simply out of date? |
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Yes, version 2-unofficial-mt.14* is a Debian fork. Quoting from its |
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README file: |
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rng-tools, unofficial Debian fork |
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NOTICE: |
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This is an unofficial version of rng-tools with a lot of added |
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functionality and bugs, for which I assume total blame. Don't bother |
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rng-tools upstream with problems you find in this version of |
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rng-tools. |
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rng-tools unofficial-mt is a living reminder to myself to not modify |
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upstream code without sending the changes upstream at every step. |
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Suddenly, you have a mass of changes too big to send upstream, and |
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yet you find yourself without the energy to break them into smallish |
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patches to submit upstream (i.e. to "unfork"). |
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[..] |
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If you would rather use Debian's version in Gentoo, give |
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sys-apps/rng-tools-2_p14 |
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a try, which I have just added to overlay betagarden: |
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# layman -a betagarden |
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# emerge =sys-apps/rng-tools-2_p14 |
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If you would like to see features from Debian's fork in rng-tools 3.x |
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and beyond, please step up and help rng-tools' upstream integrate |
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Debian's changes. |
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Best, |
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Sebastian |
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