rng-tools-debian (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
[ Sven Geuer ]
* Rework d/rng-tools-debian.service and d/systemd-helper:
- Switch service from Type=forking to Type=exec
- Terminate the service cleanly in case it decides it cannot run
(Closes: #1093002)
* Rename systemd-helper to rngd-systemd-helper
- Update d/rng-tools-debian.install and d/rng-tools-debian.service for
referencing the renamed file
* d/t/*: Adapt autopkgtests to the changes listed above
* configure.ac: Bump version to 2.6
[ Thorsten Glaser ]
* Update autopkgtests restrictions
* Tell lintian
-- Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:04:37 +0100
rng-tools-debian (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
[ Sven Geuer ]
* Add a system unit to the package (Closes: #1039350)
- d/init-system-common: New file, gather functions from the sysv-init
script also useful with a systemd unit
- d/rng-tools-debian.init: Update the sysv-init script to use the
common functions
- d/systemd-helper: Add a helper script for starting rngd from
a systemd unit
- d/rng-tools-debian.service: Add the actual systemd unit
- d/rng-tools-debian.install: Install the common functions and the
systemd helper script
* d/t/*: Add autopkgtest to verify the service starts and stops as expected
* configure.ac: Bump the package's version to 2.5
[ Thorsten Glaser ]
* Put hwrng last in HRNGDEVICE autodetection and don’t start the dæmon
if it’s found since Linux now polls them automatically; add appropriate
NEWS.Debian entry and README sections for this
* Update lintian overrides
* Bump Policy
-- Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> Sun, 12 Jan 2025 01:39:39 +0100
rng-tools-debian (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
* Apply bookworm release note §5.1.8 script to logcheck rules;
untested, because I use inetutils-syslogd, not rsyslog nor
systemd (Closes: #1055149); thanks Hendrik Jaeger for noticing
* Modernise packaging a bit
* Review d/copyright and in-program copyrights
-- Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:15:05 +0100
rng-tools-debian (2.3) unstable; urgency=medium
* Fix longstanding bug in the init script, inherited from
rng-tools 1.0-1 (!) that caused autodetecting the device
if not set in the defaults config, contratry to the
documentation, not work…
-- Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:51:45 +0100
rng-tools-debian (2.2) unstable; urgency=medium
[ Ron ]
* Fix the broken FIPS 140-2 runs test (Closes: #776134)
[ Nicholas D Steeves ]
* Mention tpm-rng in the README (Closes: #825872) (Closes: #542599)
[ Thorsten Glaser ]
* Fix installation of NEWS{.Debian,}
* rngtest: better linewrap of startup blurb
* init script: improve logic determining device to use:
- when autodetecting, test-read from the device before considering
it; note in syslog if that fails (manually set HRNGDEVICE will
be used as-is if the character device exists)
- syslog if no device was found but don’t exit with errorlevel ≠ 0
any more
- when (re‑)starting the service during package installation or
upgrade, output informative message if no usable device was found
* Run HRNGSELECT before checking the devices
* Update documentation and package descriptions
* Add option controlling periodical statistics syslog (Closes: #444326)
* Modernise packaging (dh 13, Policy 4.5.0, LDFLAGS, lintian, etc.)
* Prepare rng-tools takeover
* Ask users in multiple places that any modules should be loaded early
-- Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> Wed, 11 Nov 2020 02:10:22 +0100
rng-tools-debian (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
* Convert to native package
* Fix possible strncpy buffer overflow
* Modernise packaging (taken from MagicPoint), bump Policy
* Work around autotools/libtool causing a binutils ar(1) warning
* Architecture: linux-any (it won’t work on Hurd or kFreeBSD)
-- Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:05:08 +0200
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