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The third paragraph in the DESCRIPTION section of the manpage contains a lot of errors: - "then the /dev/raundom pool will be used" -> should be /dev/urandom
by mrb 12y ago
The third paragraph in the DESCRIPTION section of the manpage contains a lot of errors:
- "then the /dev/raundom pool will be used" -> should be /dev/urandom
- "Unlike reading from the /dev/urandom" -> author meant /dev/random
- "EGAIN" -> should be EAGAIN
- In fact the entire sentence "Unlike reading from /dev/random, [it either blocks or returns EAGAIN]" should be removed. This blocking/EAGAIN behavior is the same regardless if you read from random or urandom.