From 8888079cca3577bac81f2f2fa53dfe88dc17d4b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 11:56:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] random.4: srcfix Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man4/random.4 | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/man4/random.4 b/man4/random.4 index bf9a8ce90..98a0e5c3d 100644 --- a/man4/random.4 +++ b/man4/random.4 @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ but can incur an appreciable delay when requesting large amounts of data. When read during early boot time, .IR /dev/random may return data prior to the entropy pool being initialized. +.\" This is a real problem; see +.\" commit 9b4d008787f864f17d008c9c15bbe8a0f7e2fc24 If this is of concern in your application, use .BR getrandom (2) or \fI/dev/random\fP instead.