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Install this package:

emerge -a sys-apps/rng-tools

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask sys-apps/rng-tools

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sys-apps/rng-tools

Package Information

Description:

Daemon to use hardware random number generators

Homepage:

https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools

License:

GPL-2 GPL-2+

Versions

Metadata

Maintainers

• Gentoo Base System (base-system@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

• Remote IDs:
  • github: nhorman/rng-tools
  • sourceforge: gkernel

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="jitterentropy">
		Enable Jitter RNG entropy support
	</flag>
		<flag name="nistbeacon">
		Enable NIST beacon entropy support
	</flag>
		<flag name="pkcs11">
		Enable PKCS11 entropy support
	</flag>
		<flag name="qrypt">
		Enable qrypt beacon entropy support
	</flag>
		<flag name="rtlsdr">
		Enable atmospheric-static entropy support with <pkg>net-wireless/rtl-sdr</pkg>
	</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">nhorman/rng-tools</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="sourceforge">gkernel</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

• [Warning] USE flag 'selinux' in ebuild 6.17-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
• [Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 6.17-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
• [Warning] USE flag 'selinux' in ebuild 6.16-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
• [Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 6.16-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
• [Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild rng-tools-6.17-r1
• [Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild rng-tools-6.16-r2

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-apps/rng-tools | euse -E <flag> -p sys-apps/rng-tools | euse -D <flag> -p sys-apps/rng-tools

Files

• rng-tools-6.16-c99.patch
• rngd-confd-6.11
• rngd-initd-6.11

Manifest