Re: BUG #4167: When generating UUID using UUID-OSSP module, UUIDs are not unique on Windows

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, nicoanto <na(at)mnm-consulting(dot)com>
Subject: Re: BUG #4167: When generating UUID using UUID-OSSP module, UUIDs are not unique on Windows
Date: 2008-05-14 15:57:43
Message-ID: 200805141757.44153.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Mittwoch, 14. Mai 2008 schrieb Alvaro Herrera:
> Hmm, surely the problem is unrelated? He gets the same numbers on
> _Windows_, whereas Ubuntu shows the good behavior.

Oh, I read it backwards. So then the random number generator on Windows is
the problem in this case.

> Also, OOSP-UUID does not depend on OpenSSL AFAIR.

Written by the same guy anyway. :-/

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