I wrote: > It seems like a useful test when *not* cross compiling, which is most > of the time. I'd just wrap that bit in > if test "$cross_compiling" = no; then Or actually, since we should print something, it looks like this will do: diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index a5c10b8d56..7257afda20 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -2287,6 +2287,8 @@ if test x"$with_ssl" = x"openssl" ; then AC_MSG_RESULT([OpenSSL]) elif test x"$PORTNAME" = x"win32" ; then AC_MSG_RESULT([Windows native]) +elif test x"$cross_compiling" = x"yes"; then + AC_MSG_RESULT([assuming /dev/urandom]) else AC_MSG_RESULT([/dev/urandom]) AC_CHECK_FILE([/dev/urandom], [], []) Off to see if I can verify that before pushing. regards, tom lane