[ISSUE] macchanger requires patches, broken on some configurations

[ISSUE] macchanger requires patches, broken on some configurations

[jackloomen]

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New issue by jackloomen on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36245

Description:
The patches can be found here:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/os-specific/linux/macchanger/default.nix

  ```
patches = [
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/02-fix_usage_message.patch";
      sha256 = "0pxljmq0l0znylbhms09i19qwil74gm8gx3xx2ffx00dajaizj18";
    })
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/06-update_OUI_list.patch";
      sha256 = "04kbd784z9nwkjva5ckkvb0yb3pim9valb1viywn1yyh577d0y7w";
    })
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/08-fix_random_MAC_choice.patch";
      sha256 = "1vz3appxxsdf1imzrn57amazfwlbrvx6g78b6n88aqgwzy5dm34d";
    })
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/check-random-device-read-errors.patch";
      sha256 = "0pra6qnk39crjlidspg3l6hpaqiw43cypahx793l59mqn956cngc";
    })
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/verify-changed-MAC.patch";
      sha256 = "0vjhf2fnj1hlghjl821p6idrfc8hmd4lgps5lf1l68ylqvwjw0zj";
    })
  ];
```

Re: macchanger requires patches, broken on some configurations

[github-actions]

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New comment by github-actions[bot] on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36245#issuecomment-1169458629

Comment:
Issues become stale 90 days after last activity and are closed 14 days after that.  If this issue is still relevant bump it or assign it.

Re: macchanger requires patches, broken on some configurations

[jackloomen]

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New comment by jackloomen on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36245#issuecomment-1169502360

Comment:
bump?

Re: [ISSUE] [CLOSED] macchanger requires patches, broken on some configurations

[Duncaen]

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Closed issue by jackloomen on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36245

Description:
The patches can be found here:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/os-specific/linux/macchanger/default.nix

  ```
patches = [
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/02-fix_usage_message.patch";
      sha256 = "0pxljmq0l0znylbhms09i19qwil74gm8gx3xx2ffx00dajaizj18";
    })
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/06-update_OUI_list.patch";
      sha256 = "04kbd784z9nwkjva5ckkvb0yb3pim9valb1viywn1yyh577d0y7w";
    })
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/08-fix_random_MAC_choice.patch";
      sha256 = "1vz3appxxsdf1imzrn57amazfwlbrvx6g78b6n88aqgwzy5dm34d";
    })
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/check-random-device-read-errors.patch";
      sha256 = "0pra6qnk39crjlidspg3l6hpaqiw43cypahx793l59mqn956cngc";
    })
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/m/macchanger/1.7.0-5.3/debian/patches/verify-changed-MAC.patch";
      sha256 = "0vjhf2fnj1hlghjl821p6idrfc8hmd4lgps5lf1l68ylqvwjw0zj";
    })
  ];
```

if kernel makes a hw rng available in /dev but it doesn't do anything, macchanger gets zero entropy. I believe fixed by check-random-device-read-errors.patch.