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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] wrapper: add a helper to generate numbers from a CSPRNG

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 4, 2022, 23:17 UTC
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"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> There's an important additional difference here.  On real BSD systems,
> the prototypes for this family of functions live in <stdlib.h>.

Ah, I missed that one. So "C side does not care between HAVE_ARC4RANDOM_LIBBSD and HAVE_ARC4RANDOM" is not true. We do care and the patch as posted is fine.

Thanks.
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  1. 0/2 Generate temporary files using a CSPRNGbrian m. carlson, Jan 4, 2022
  2. 1/2 wrapper: add a helper to generate numbers from a CSPRNGbrian m. carlson, Jan 4, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2022
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  5. brian m. carlsonJan 4, 2022
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  7. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2022
  8. 2/2 wrapper: use a CSPRNG to generate random file namesbrian m. carlson, Jan 4, 2022
  9. Johannes SchindelinJan 4, 2022
  10. 0/2 Generate temporary files using a CSPRNGbrian m. carlson, Jan 17, 2022
  11. 2/2 wrapper: use a CSPRNG to generate random file namesbrian m. carlson, Jan 17, 2022
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 18, 2022
  13. René ScharfeJan 18, 2022
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  15. René ScharfeJan 18, 2022
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2022
  17. René ScharfeJan 19, 2022
  18. René ScharfeJan 22, 2022
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2022
  20. brian m. carlsonJan 19, 2022
  21. 1/2 wrapper: add a helper to generate numbers from a CSPRNGbrian m. carlson, Jan 17, 2022
  22. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 18, 2022
  23. René ScharfeJan 18, 2022

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