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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 |
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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
bug#24628: GNUtls initialization adds 500ms to startup --- do we really need it just for the RNG?, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/10/07