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Re: Support getrandom() for pg_strong_random() source

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-07-30T11:10:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
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?