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bug#24628: GNUtls initialization adds 500ms to startup --- do we really


From: Ted Zlatanov
Subject: bug#24628: GNUtls initialization adds 500ms to startup --- do we really need it just for the RNG?
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:01:11 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)

On Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:49:37 -0700 John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com> wrote: 

>>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> However, my objections were evidently not enough to revert back, although
>> you agreed with me:
>> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22202#118

JW> Thanks for the references. Let's revert this change for 25.2 until the 
stated
JW> problem (entropy exhaustion) becomes a real problem, i.e. reported by a 
user.

JW> There is no reason to make everyone pay a 1/2 second startup cost for a
JW> theoretical problem, or a code simplification whose benefits are so minor.

Could it be a compile-time or run-time option? If the problem becomes
practical, it will be good to have a workaround.

Ted





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