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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--NEWS6
-rw-r--r--README2
-rw-r--r--configure.ac7
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9731e7bdd..238c43e4a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-11 Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+ * configure.ac (random_modules): The default random module for
+ system lacking a /dev/random is now auto selected at runtime.
+
2002-09-09 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
* NEWS: typo.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bc696de09..cc14f36d4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92
* The configure option --with-static-rnd=auto allows to build gpg
with all available entropy gathering modules included. At
runtime the best usable one will be selected from the list
- linux, egd, unix.
+ linux, egd, unix. This is also the default for systems lacking
+ a /dev/random device.
* The default character set is now taken from the current locale;
it can still be overridden by the --charset option. Using the
option -vvv shows the used character set.
+ * --emulate-checksum-bug and --emulate-3des-s2k-bug have been
+ removed.
+
Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
-------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/README b/README
index de48243a1..0ef434104 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
--enable-static-rnd=<name>
Force the use of the random byte gathering
module <name>. Default is either to use /dev/random
- or the standard Unix module. Value for name:
+ or the auto mode. Value for name:
egd - Use the module which accesses the
Entropy Gathering Daemon. See the webpages
for more information about it.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c052e16d4..13babf7ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -658,15 +658,16 @@ if test "$use_static_rnd" = default; then
:
;;
*)
- random_modules="rndunix"
+ random_modules="rndlinux rndegd rndunix"
+ AC_DEFINE(USE_ALL_RANDOM_MODULES, 1,
+ [Allow to select random modules at runtime.])
;;
esac
fi
else
if test "$use_static_rnd" = auto; then
random_modules="rndlinux rndegd rndunix"
- AC_DEFINE(USE_ALL_RANDOM_MODULES, 1,
- [Allow to select random modules at runtime.])
+ AC_DEFINE(USE_ALL_RANDOM_MODULES, 1)
else
random_modules="rnd$use_static_rnd";
fi