[issue26839] Python 3.5 running in a virtual machine with Linux kernel 3.17+ can block at startup or on importing the random module on getrandom()

[Stefan Krah]

Stefan Krah added the comment:

I did not claim that it magically creates entropy. -- Many VMs are throwaway test beds. It would be annoying to setup some entropy
gathering mechanism just so that Python starts.

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