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From:
"Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: installer, rc: unify random seeding
To:
Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org>
Cc:
OpenBSD tech <tech@openbsd.org>
Date:
Fri, 02 May 2025 17:41:19 -0600

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+       # The bootloader marks it consumed via the sticky bit, reset the mark.

I don't like that -- it isn't even a sentence.  Calling the sticky bit a
mark, without explaining why it is a mark, misses the point.

Removal of the sticky bit indicates the file has fresh contents for
use by a subsequent bootloader (who sets the sticky bit to prevent
content reuse).