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Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module
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Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:29:00 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
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
- [PATCH] random_r: new module, Jim Meyering, 2008/10/22
- Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module, Bruno Haible, 2008/10/22
- Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module,
Simon Josefsson <=
- Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module, Richard W.M. Jones, 2008/10/23
- Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module, Simon Josefsson, 2008/10/23
- Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module, Simon Josefsson, 2008/10/24
- Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module, Jim Meyering, 2008/10/24
- Re: [PATCH] random_r: new module, Bruno Haible, 2008/10/24