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Re: recent sysinst UX changes



On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 11:15:52PM +0100, Vincent DEFERT wrote:
> On 09/11/2020 21:49, maya%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
> > Unfortunately it leads to surprise failures if programs ever use
> > /dev/random. If not seeded, reads from it will block forever.
> If it has such consequences, the installer - or maybe a 'first-run' startup
> script? - should of course take care of it.
> That said, UX aside, a human being is certainly the less appropriate
> "device" to properly handle such a computer-centric task.

This discussion started about the INSTALLER doing it.

Joerg


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