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@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ Most components of the openssl command line tool try to use the
file $HOME/.rnd (or $RANDFILE, if this environment variable is set)
for seeding the PRNG. If this file does not exist or is too short,
the "PRNG not seeded" error message may occur.
+Note that the command "openssl rsa" in OpenSSL 0.9.5 does not do this
+and will fail on systems without /dev/urandom when trying to
+password-encrypt an RSA key! This is a bug in the library;
+try a later snaphost instead.
* Why does the linker complain about undefined symbols?