bug report

Werner Koch wk@gnupg.org
Sun, 1 Aug 1999 21:09:32 +0200


ben handley <ben.handley@softhome.net> writes:


> I don't know whether this is really a bug, or just says that it is. I
> was playing around with the gen-prime command, and when i got to 10,000
> bits i got:
>
> gpg: Ohhhh jeeee: ... this is a bug (random.c:274:read_pool)
Ah yes, I know. It also happens if you try to generate a prime less than 20 bits or so. Message should indeed be nicer ;-) -- Werner Koch at guug.de www.gnupg.org keyid 621CC013