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04/06: gnu: haveged: Mark up description.
From: |
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
Subject: |
04/06: gnu: haveged: Mark up description. |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:50:51 -0400 (EDT) |
nckx pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit b71a34887bc21d84e0f6d44d3bb765f3ad50eeb9
Author: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
Date: Wed Oct 10 23:00:38 2018 +0200
gnu: haveged: Mark up description.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (haveged)[description]: Use @dfn{} and
split into two paragraphs.
---
gnu/packages/linux.scm | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index c6c5a58..b7457a4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -3755,11 +3755,12 @@ such as frequency and voltage scaling.")
Linux's @file{/dev/random} and @file{/dev/urandom} devices. The kernel's
standard mechanisms for filling the entropy pool may not be sufficient for
systems with high needs or limited user interaction, such as headless servers.
+
@command{haveged} runs as a privileged daemon, harvesting randomness from the
indirect effects of hardware events on hidden processor state using the
HArdware
-Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion (HAVEGE) algorithm. It tunes itself
to
-its environment and provides the same built-in test suite for the output stream
-as used on certified hardware security devices.")
+Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion (@dfn{HAVEGE}) algorithm. It tunes
+itself to its environment and provides the same built-in test suite for the
+output stream as used on certified hardware security devices.")
(license (list (license:non-copyleft "file://nist/mconf.h")
(license:non-copyleft "file://nist/packtest.c")
license:public-domain ; nist/dfft.c
- branch master updated (47f9fb1 -> 43abffa), Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2018/10/10
- 01/06: gnu: ranger: More test tweaks., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2018/10/10
- 02/06: gnu: python-pickleshare: Update to 0.7.5., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2018/10/10
- 04/06: gnu: haveged: Mark up description.,
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <=
- 05/06: gnu: perftest: Update to 4.4-0.4., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2018/10/10
- 06/06: gnu: hdparm: Update to 9.56., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2018/10/10
- 03/06: gnu: haveged: Update to 1.9.4., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2018/10/10