RAND_load_file(..., -1) now means "read the complete file";

this is what we now use to read $RANDFILE / $HOME/.rnd.
(Previously, after 'cat'ting lots of stuff into .rnd
only the first MB would be looked at.)

Bugfix for apps/enc.c: Continue if RAND_pseudo_bytes returns 0
(only -1 is an error).

apps/app_rand.c

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int app_RAND_load_file(const char *file, BIO *bio_e, int dont_warn)
 
 	if (file == NULL)
 		file = RAND_file_name(buffer, sizeof buffer);
-	if (file == NULL || !RAND_load_file(file, 1024L*1024L))
+	if (file == NULL || !RAND_load_file(file, -1))
 		{
 		if (!dont_warn)
 			{

apps/enc.c

@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ bad:
 								"invalid hex salt value\n");
 							goto end;
 						}
-					} else if (RAND_pseudo_bytes(salt, PKCS5_SALT_LEN) <= 0)
+					} else if (RAND_pseudo_bytes(salt, PKCS5_SALT_LEN) < 0)
 						goto end;
 					/* If -P option then don't bother writing */
 					if((printkey != 2)

crypto/rand/randfile.c

@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
 
 int RAND_load_file(const char *file, long bytes)
 	{
+	/* If bytes >= 0, read up to 'bytes' bytes.
+	 * if bytes == -1, read complete file. */
+
 	MS_STATIC unsigned char buf[BUFSIZE];
 	struct stat sb;
 	int i,ret=0,n;
@@ -93,20 +96,26 @@ int RAND_load_file(const char *file, long bytes)
 	/* If the state fails, put some crap in anyway */
 	RAND_add(&sb,sizeof(sb),0);
 	if (i < 0) return(0);
-	if (bytes <= 0) return(ret);
+	if (bytes == 0) return(ret);
 
 	in=fopen(file,"rb");
 	if (in == NULL) goto err;
 	for (;;)
 		{
-		n=(bytes < BUFSIZE)?(int)bytes:BUFSIZE;
+		if (bytes > 0)
+			n = (bytes < BUFSIZE)?(int)bytes:BUFSIZE;
+		else
+			n = BUFSIZE;
 		i=fread(buf,1,n,in);
 		if (i <= 0) break;
 		/* even if n != i, use the full array */
 		RAND_add(buf,n,i);
 		ret+=i;
-		bytes-=n;
-		if (bytes <= 0) break;
+		if (bytes > 0)
+			{
+			bytes-=n;
+			if (bytes == 0) break;
+			}
 		}
 	fclose(in);
 	memset(buf,0,BUFSIZE);

doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod

@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ RAND_load_file, RAND_write_file, RAND_file_name - PRNG seed file
 
 RAND_file_name() generates a default path for the random seed
 file. B<buf> points to a buffer of size B<num> in which to store the
-filename. The seed file is $RANDFILE, if that environment variable is
-set, $HOME/.rand otherwise. If $HOME is not set either, or B<num> is
+filename. The seed file is $RANDFILE if that environment variable is
+set, $HOME/.rnd otherwise. If $HOME is not set either, or B<num> is
 too small for the path name, an error occurs.
 
-RAND_load_file() reads up to B<max_bytes> from file B<filename> and
-adds them to the PRNG.
+RAND_load_file() reads a number of bytes from file B<filename> and
+adds them to the PRNG. If B<max_bytes> is non-negative,
+up to to B<max_bytes> are read; if B<max_bytes> is -1, the complete file
+is read.
 
 RAND_write_file() writes a number of random bytes (currently 1024) to
 file B<filename> which can be used to initialze the PRNG by calling