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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2023-03-28T18:09:26Z"
+ content="""
+What CPU is this happening with?
+
+git-annex generates uuids using <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/uuid>
+and the V4 uuid uses <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/entropy>,
+which in turn uses RDRAND when available.
+
+So if your CPU supports RDRAND, it seems the CPU must have a broken
+random number generator! Or there's a bug in that software stack
+somewhere.
+"""]]
--- /dev/null
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2023-03-28T18:25:30Z"
+ content="""
+> I also don't get anything from `git config --local annex.uuid`
+
+Do you mean you don't get anything different? Surely that outputs
+something. Or exits with a nonzero exit code.
+"""]]