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Improve handling of random_seed read errors.
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Improve handling of random_seed read errors.

* cipher/random.c (read_seed_file): Distinguish between errors and
short reads.

This should help to avoid program aborts due to races. Nevertheless a
better and cross-platform locking would be a more solid solution.

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• wernerAuthored on Nov 7 2012, 6:06 PM
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Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> committed rGb1abc01d4ad1: Improve handling of random_seed read errors. (authored by Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>).Nov 7 2012, 6:06 PM
• werner mentioned this in Unknown Object (Maniphest Task).Mar 27 2017, 5:04 PM
• werner mentioned this in Unknown Object (Maniphest Task).Mar 27 2017, 5:27 PM
• werner mentioned this in T1439: Windows: race condition on random_seed.Mar 30 2017, 7:12 PM

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