[debbugs-tracker] bug#13768: closed (--without-posix code uses scm_getpid() in libguile-2.0.2)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #13768,
regarding --without-posix code uses scm_getpid() in libguile-2.0.2
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> I'm experimenting a little with statically linking a minimal build of 
> libguile. So while no one really would want to build it it with 
> --without-posix (except when you want the same functionality on all 
> platforms including windows in your program), and this is a low priority 
> bug and I can easily fix it myself for my purposes, it is still a bug.
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> What happens is, in random.c in random_state_of_last_resort on line 668 
> scm_getpid is used to seed the random generator. So either a 
> preprocessor switch or a hand constructed scm like in scm_getpid 
> (scm_from_ulong(getpid())) should be used there.
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> On Wed 20 Feb 2013 00:38, Jan Schukat <address@hidden> writes:
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> > What happens is, in random.c in random_state_of_last_resort on line 668
> > scm_getpid is used to seed the random generator. So either a
> > preprocessor switch or a hand constructed scm like in scm_getpid
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> Fixed, thanks for the report.
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> Andy
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