Configure: warn when 'none' is the chosen seed source
Fixes
@@ -1010,9 +1010,18 @@ if (scalar(@seed_sources) == 0) {
print "Using os-specific seed configuration\n";
push @seed_sources, 'os';
}
-die "Cannot seed with none and anything else"
- if scalar(grep { $_ eq 'none' } @seed_sources) > 0
- && scalar(@seed_sources) > 1;
+if (scalar(grep { $_ eq 'none' } @seed_sources) > 0) {
+ die "Cannot seed with none and anything else" if scalar(@seed_sources) > 1;
+ warn <<_____ if scalar(@seed_sources) == 1;
+You have selected the --with-rand-seed=none option, which effectively disables
+automatic reseeding of the OpenSSL random generator. All operations depending
+on the random generator such as creating keys will not work unless the random
+generator is seeded manually by the application.
+
+Please read the 'Note on random number generation' section in the INSTALL
+instructions and the RAND_DRBG(7) manual page for more details.
+_____
+}
push @{$config{openssl_other_defines}},
map { (my $x = $_) =~ tr|[\-a-z]|[_A-Z]|; "OPENSSL_RAND_SEED_$x" }
@seed_sources;
