Do not abort when the fips mode flag is simply inaccessible because of insufficient permissions. diff -up libgcrypt-1.4.4/src/fips.c.no-access libgcrypt-1.4.4/src/fips.c --- libgcrypt-1.4.4/src/fips.c.no-access 2009-01-29 17:37:12.000000000 +0100 +++ libgcrypt-1.4.4/src/fips.c 2009-01-29 17:37:15.000000000 +0100 @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ _gcry_initialize_fips_mode (int force) fclose (fp); } else if ((saved_errno = errno) != ENOENT + && saved_errno != EACCES && !access ("/proc/version", F_OK) ) { /* Problem reading the fips file despite that we have the proc