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@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ recommend setting TMPDIR to somewhere on a btrfs partition before
 running the tests; otherwise the chroot tests will take forever.  I
 mean, they already take long on btrfs, but without it... _dang_.
 
+I also recommend having the `haveged` daemon running.  That's good
+general advice, but also: some of the tests make GPG keys, this
+"should" take on the order of 1 second, but can take several minutes
+if you don't have `haveged` running.
+
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