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See ChangeLog: Fri Jul 23 13:53:03 CEST 1999 Werner Koch

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@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ case "$use_static_rnd" in
;;
esac
dnl
dnl See whether the user wants to disable checking for /dev/random
@ -116,8 +118,11 @@ if test x$compile_libgcrypt = xyes ; then
else
compile_libgcrypt=no
AC_MSG_WARN([[
***
*** LIBGCRYPT is not yet ready for public testing.
*** Maybe you have more luck with the next release of GnuPG]])
*** Maybe you have more luck with the next release of GnuPG
*** Watch the gnupg-announce mailing list or the webpage.
***]])
fi
fi
AM_CONDITIONAL(COMPILE_LIBGCRYPT, test x$compile_libgcrypt = xyes)
@ -400,13 +405,15 @@ if test "$ac_cv_header_sys_capability_h" = "yes" ; then
fi
if test "$use_capabilities" = "no" ; then
AC_MSG_WARN([[
***
*** The use of capabilities on this system is not possible.
*** You need a recent Linux kernel and some patches:
*** fcaps-2.2.9-990610.patch (kernel patch for 2.2.9)
*** fcap-module-990613.tar.gz (kernel module)
*** libcap-1.92.tar.gz (user mode library and utilities)
*** And you have to configure the kernel with CONFIG_VFS_CAP_PLUGIN
*** set (filesystems menu). Be warned: This code is *really* ALPHA.]])
*** set (filesystems menu). Be warned: This code is *really* ALPHA.
***]])
fi
fi
@ -455,6 +462,7 @@ dnl
dnl Figure out the default linkage mode for cipher modules
dnl
dnl (We always need a static rmd160)
print_egd_notice=no
static_modules="$static_modules rmd160"
if test "$use_static_rnd" = default; then
if test "$ac_cv_have_dev_random" = yes; then
@ -472,6 +480,7 @@ if test "$use_static_rnd" = default; then
;;
*)
static_modules="$static_modules rndunix"
print_egd_notice=yes
;;
esac
fi
@ -480,9 +489,34 @@ else
:
else
static_modules="$static_modules rnd$use_static_rnd"
if test "$use_static_rnd" = "unix"; then
print_egd_notice=yes
fi
fi
fi
if test "$print_egd_notice" = "yes"; then
AC_MSG_WARN([[
***
*** The performance of the UNIX random gatherer module is not very good
*** and it does not keep the entropy pool over multiple invocations of
*** GnuPG. The suggested way to overcome this problem is to use the
***
*** Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD)
***
*** which provides a entropy source for the whole system. It is written
*** in Perl and available at the GnuPG FTP servers. For more information
*** consult the GnuPG webpages:
***
*** http://www.gnupg.org/donwload.html#egd
***
*** You may want to run ./configure with --enable-static-rnd=none to be
*** able to load the EGD client code dynamically; this way you can choose
*** between RNDUNIX and RNDEGD without recompilation.
***]])
fi
dnl
dnl Parse the modules list and build the list
dnl of static and dymically linked modules