Re: Support getrandom() for pg_strong_random() source

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Support getrandom() for pg_strong_random() source
Date: 2025-07-30 11:10:26
Message-ID: aff744c5-9a38-40ab-a252-f06551be44c6@eisentraut.org
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On 30.07.25 08:59, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
> I've updated the patch to support getentropy() instead of getrandom().

The point still stands that the number of installations without OpenSSL
support is approximately zero, so what is the purpose of this patch if
approximately no one will be able to use it?

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