Re: update-alternatives and /dev/random

[harish badrinath <harishbadrinath@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:05 PM, harish badrinath
<harishbadrinath@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Is there a specific reason to continue using update-alternatives for
> providing /dev/random ??

My apologies for the second mail, i forgot to include the gdb log. It
it attached inline below

#0  0x010500ec in ?? () from /lib/i386-gnu/libc.so.0.3
#1  0x010508e9 in mach_msg () from /lib/i386-gnu/libc.so.0.3
#2  0x011ebbcf in msg_sig_post () from /lib/i386-gnu/libhurduser.so.0.3
#3  0x0106b3ec in _hurd_raise_signal () from /lib/i386-gnu/libc.so.0.3
#4  0x0112d2a7 in read () from /lib/i386-gnu/libc.so.0.3
#5  0x0804cd2d in fillbuf (save=57, stats=<optimized out>) at main.c:567
#6  0x0804e467 in grep (stats=0x10249fc, file=0x806d720
"/etc/alternatives/urandom", fd=7) at main.c:1180
#7  grepfile (file=0x806d720 "/etc/alternatives/urandom",
stats=0x10249fc) at main.c:1280
#8  0x0804ecfb in grepdir (dir=0x1025072 "/etc/alternatives",
stats=<optimized out>) at main.c:1378
#9  0x0804e214 in grep (stats=0x806ba60, file=0x1025072
"/etc/alternatives", fd=7) at main.c:1094
#10 grepfile (file=0x1025072 "/etc/alternatives", stats=0x806ba60) at
main.c:1280
#11 0x0804aac8 in main (argc=136, argv=0x1024c44) at main.c:2200


> Regards,
> Harish
>