Note the possibility of a pause due to /dev/random blocking.

[originally from svn r9125]
FauxFaux · Mar 9, 2011 · fbee8c4 · fbee8c4
1 parent 74c5f7d
commit fbee8c4
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/doc/man-pg.but b/doc/man-pg.but
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ the following section.
 \S{puttygen-manpage-options} OPTIONS
 
 In the first phase, \c{puttygen} either loads or generates a key.
-The options to control this are:
+Note that generating a key requires random data (from
+\c{/dev/random}), which can cause \c{puttygen} to pause, possibly for
+some time if your system does not have much randomness available.
+
+The options to control this phase are:
 
 \dt \e{keyfile}