Message 273112 - Python tracker

Message273112

Author	vstinner
Recipients	Decorater, ncoghlan, python-dev, vstinner
Date	2016-08-19.12:33:03
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Message-id	<1471609983.99.0.195882433044.issue27776@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> _PyOS_URandomNonblock() can fail is /dev/urandom is missing or not readable Oh. It looks like Python initialization currently fails with a fatal error in this case, see _PyRandom_Init(). Maybe we should also fall back on clocks/pid in _PyRandom_Init()?

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> _PyOS_URandomNonblock() *can* fail is /dev/urandom is missing or not readable

Oh. It looks like Python initialization currently fails with a fatal error in this case, see _PyRandom_Init().

Maybe we should also fall back on clocks/pid in _PyRandom_Init()?

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Date	User	Action	Args
2016-08-19 12:33:04	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, ncoghlan, python-dev, Decorater
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2016-08-19 12:33:03	vstinner	create