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Re: Move OpenSSL random under USE_OPENSSL_RANDOM

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

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From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-11-06T11:08:11Z
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> On 6 Nov 2020, at 00:36, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:

> I still don't see the point of this extra complexity, as
> USE_OPENSSL_RANDOM implies USE_OPENSSL,

As long as we're sure that we'll remember to fix this when that assumption no
longer holds (intentional or unintentional) then it's fine to skip and instead
be defensive in documentation rather than code.

cheers ./daniel

Commits

  1. Remove ability to independently select random number generator

  2. Add pg_strong_random_init function to initialize random number generator