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RE: [PATCH] Fix stdlib/arc4random and search/hash for 16-bit targets

Hi Corinna,

>Please fix the commit message of the 2nd patch.  The entire text is treated as summary.  
> Please see the DISCUSSION section of `man git-commit'.

Ok. Updated patch attached, thanks.

>> Incidentally, why is the Berkley DB hash code in Newlib? The functions 
>> don't appear to be exported in any headers (and have non-standard 
>> names) and I couldn't see it being used internally.
>
>What does the git history indicate?

Nothing that I could see initially. Looking through the mailing lists, it seems it was initially added to support ndbm.h/ndbm.c, but they were removed in 2002.

https://sourceware.org/ml/newlib/2002/msg00268.html

Cheers,
Jon

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