Re: [PATCH v9] Add getentropy, getrandom, <sys/random.h> [BZ #17252]

[Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>]

On 12/06/2016 06:01 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2016, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
> > What do you suggest we should do if we detect unintended interposition
> > (assuming we decide to use the version without redirection first)?
>
> In the first instance I'd suggest changing the programs with the problem
> getrandom / getentropy definitions (to, probably, use glibc's version when
> available).

We can do that for things in the distribution, true, but I still think 
it's annoying that if an application defines a getentropy symbol, 
cryptographic libraries such as OpenSSL could begin to behave in a 
slightly different way.

I can drop the mangling for now if that's the general consensus, but I 
don't like how I'm pressured into making a change which I consider 
unnecessarily risky.

Florian