Re: PSA: we lack TAP test coverage on NetBSD and OpenBSD

Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> writes:
>>> Here is a POC which defines an internal interface for a PRNG, and use it
>>> within pgbench, with several possible implementations which default to
>>> rand48.

>> I seriously dislike this patch.  pgbench's random support is quite
>> overengineered already IMO, and this proposes to add a whole batch of
>> new code and new APIs to fix a very small bug.

> My intention is rather to discuss postgres' PRNG, in passing. Full success 
> on this point:-)

Our immediate problem is to fix a portability failure, which we need to
back-patch into at least one released branch, ergo conservatism is
warranted.  I had in mind something more like the attached.

			regards, tom lane