--- rand.c.orig	2012-11-11 13:31:39.401993081 -0800
+++ rand.c	2012-11-11 13:33:46.507002603 -0800
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # include <sys/time.h>
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -77,11 +78,13 @@
 	CryptReleaseContext(hcrypt, 0);
 #else
 	struct timeval *tv = (struct timeval *)seed;
-	int fd;
+	int fd, r_stat;
 
 	if ((fd = open("/dev/arandom", O_RDONLY)) != -1 ||
 	    (fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
-		read(fd, seed + sizeof(*tv), sizeof(seed) - sizeof(*tv));
+		r_stat = read(fd, seed + sizeof(*tv), sizeof(seed) - sizeof(*tv));
+		if (r_stat < 0)	/* read failed, let user know */
+			fprintf(stderr, "failure on read() from /dev/arandom or /dev/urandom\n");
 		close(fd);
 	}
 	gettimeofday(tv, NULL);