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Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module


From: Simon Josefsson
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:29:00 +0200
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Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> I saw that there was no random-number generating module in gnulib,
> and certainly nothing reentrant, so took glibc's random_r.c and did this:

Actually there is gc-gnulib.c and gc-libgcrypt.c which both provides
random numbers, although they are intended for cryptographic uses.  It
seems random_r is mostly for compatibility with BSD/GLIBC functions, so
I don't see a big problem in having both.

/Simon




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