From:	Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: LD errors compiling source from gnupg-1.0.1.tar.gz
Date:	Sun, 27 Feb 2000 13:37:46 +0000
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Hello.

Frank Donahoe wrote:
> 
> ./gnu/gnupg-1.0.1> sh configure i586-*-msdosdjgpp
>

I've thought about trying to port GnuPG to DJGPP before. I think you may
encounter problems with the random number generation. I believe GnuPG uses
/dev/random to generate its random numbers - it certainly does on Linux,
because it asks you wiggle the mouse about, etc. to generate entropy.
DJGPP does not have /dev/random, nor does it have /dev/urandom. I think
you will need to use the Entropy Generating Daemon (EGD), which you can
get from the GnuPG home page. These are just my thoughts, since I haven't
actually tried to build GnuPG.

Bye,

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Richard Dawe
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