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Re: [PATCH] Add getrandom implementation [BZ #17252]
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: fweimer at redhat dot com (Florian Weimer)
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add getrandom implementation [BZ #17252]
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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.