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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): LaMont Jones, Internet Software Consortium, Inc, LaMont Jones
  • Date: 2010-06-21 09:53:30 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.6.7 upstream)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20100621095330-k6874kbj59lfo3xm
Tags: 1:9.7.1.dfsg-1
http://bugs.debian.org/578447
https://launchpad.net/bugs/596363
[Internet Software Consortium, Inc]

* 9.7.1

[LaMont Jones]

* Add freebsd support.  Closes: #578447
* soname changes
* freshen root cache.  LP: #596363

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               "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
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               [<!ENTITY mdash "&#8212;">]>
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<!--
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 - Copyright (C) 2009  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
 
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 - Copyright (C) 2009, 2010  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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 -
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 - Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
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 - purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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 - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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<!-- $Id: genrandom.docbook,v 1.4 2009/09/18 13:14:47 fdupont Exp $ -->
 
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<!-- $Id: genrandom.docbook,v 1.4.88.2 2010/05/17 23:49:51 tbox Exp $ -->
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<refentry id="man.genrandom">
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <date>Feb 19, 2009</date>
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  <docinfo>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2009</year>
 
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      <year>2010</year>
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      <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
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    </copyright>
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  </docinfo>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>genrandom</command>
 
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      <arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable></arg>
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      <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      <command>genrandom</command>
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      generates a file containing a specified quantity of pseudo-random
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      data, which can be used as a source of entropy for other commands
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      on systems with no random device.
 
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      generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
 
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      of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
 
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      other commands on systems with no random device.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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    <title>ARGUMENTS</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            In place of generating one file, generates <option>number</option>
 
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            (from 2 to 9) files, appending <option>number</option> to the name.
 
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term>size</term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>