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Tighten Test_RandomNumberGenerator test 

Debian HURD was slipping between the cracks. HURD appeared to be a minor failure because entropy on the heap improved the test result. After we zero'd the block, it was a catastrophic failure.
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Jeffrey Walton 2019-08-12 05:34:11 -04:00
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@ -429,8 +429,17 @@ bool Test_RandomNumberGenerator(RandomNumberGenerator& prng, bool drain=false)
RandomNumberSource(prng, UINT_MAX, true, new Redirector(TheBitBucket()));
}
// Use a block that is zero'd to catch bad RNG's that appear [somewhat]
// OK due to entropy in the heap. We found Debian HURD was failing, but
// not that badly. For example, we would see "100000 generated bytes
// compressed to 98749 bytes by DEFLATE". Once we zero'd the block, the
// message changed to "100000 generated bytes compressed to 27 bytes by
// DEFLATE". Doh...
SecByteBlock block(NULLPTR, GENERATE_SIZE);
RandomNumberSource(prng, GENERATE_SIZE, new ArraySink(block, block.size()));
MeterFilter meter(new Redirector(TheBitBucket()));
RandomNumberSource(prng, GENERATE_SIZE, true, new Deflator(new Redirector(meter)));
StringSource(block, block.size(), true, new Deflator(new Redirector(meter)));
if (meter.GetTotalBytes() < GENERATE_SIZE)
{