Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/fortune fortune.c

From: Doug Barton (dougb_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 07/25/05

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    Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:39:48 -0700
To: Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG>

    Andrey Chernov wrote:
    > On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 05:51:54PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
    >
    >>entropy_save_num="17" # Number of entropy cache files to save.
    >>
    >>And haven't seen any problems with repetitive fortunes in the last 2 days.
    >
    >
    > Could you inspect old saved entries in setup when the bug is active? Are
    > they the same across reboot?

    I'm sorry, I don't quite understand this question. When I was seeing the
    problem before, I would see the same fortune about 8 out of 10 times. Now I
    am seeing different ones each time.

    It also occurs to me that I changed two things at the same time, which has
    muddied the water a bit. In addition to beefing up my saved entropy, I also
    removed an old fortunes2 file, which is where the fortune I was seeing most
    came from. I'm not sure _why_ that would have caused this problem, or if it
    did, but wit the combination of the two "solutions," my problem is solved.

    hth,

    Doug 

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