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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, 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 16:14:20
Message-ID: 20735.1210781660@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> 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. :-/

Well, in any case this is surely a bug in the Windows port of
libossp-uuid, and so needs to be reported to them not us.

regards, tom lane

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