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Re: [PATCH] Add getrandom implementation [BZ #17252]


On Fri, 10 Jun 2016, Roland McGrath wrote:

> You need to start with rationale justifying the new nonstandard API and why
> it belongs in libc, let alone why it should litter a POSIX-standard header.

Also compare and contrast the BSD-compatible getentropy, which was also 
requested in the bug referenced.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com


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