From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 19 18:50:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 776B01065676 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:50:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 378B58FC15 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:50:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0JIo6mQ029408 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:50:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0JIo61X029407; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:50:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:50:06 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201001191850.o0JIo61X029407@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, vermaden Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC8D1065670 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:42:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AE758FC0A for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:42:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0JIgsBP094013 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:42:54 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0JIgseY094012; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:42:54 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201001191842.o0JIgseY094012@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:42:54 GMT From: vermaden To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/142986: /dev/random can not be source for tr(1) | tr: Illegal byte sequence X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:50:06 -0000 >Number: 142986 >Category: bin >Synopsis: /dev/random can not be source for tr(1) | tr: Illegal byte sequence >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 19 18:50:05 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: vermaden >Release: 8.0-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: Stock i386 8.0-RELEASE output. >Description: While I can use /dev/random for tr(1) source (password generation for example) on Linux (CentO@ 5.4 to be precise) and also on gtr(1) from coreutils port, the BSD tr(1) does not want to cooperate with /dev/random output, as below: FreeBSD% head -c 200 /dev/random | tr -d -c 'A-Za-z0-9' tr: Illegal byte sequence FreeBSD% head -c 200 /dev/random| gtr -d -c 'A-Za-z0-9' x9SMkHI4INJOwwAHhHocHElFdrVJOEMYxgtcVndR CentOS$ head -c 200 /dev/random | tr -d -c 'A-Za-z0-9' KMLqkAymFbFlpXPNrs5PaQ6McrHW3xzeBo9zm3aaL >How-To-Repeat: FreeBSD% head -c 200 /dev/random | tr -d -c 'A-Za-z0-9' tr: Illegal byte sequence FreeBSD% head -c 200 /dev/random| gtr -d -c 'A-Za-z0-9' x9SMkHI4INJOwwAHhHocHElFdrVJOEMYxgtcVndR CentOS$ head -c 200 /dev/random | tr -d -c 'A-Za-z0-9' KMLqkAymFbFlpXPNrs5PaQ6McrHW3xzeBo9zm3aaL >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: