libbsd package (was Re: [PATCH] Do not use srand()/rand() if better alternatives exist)
Mikael Berthe dixit:
>* Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> [2008-06-29 23:27 +0200]:
>> Hi!
>>
>> arc4random(3) is a self-seeding PRNG available on a lot of OSes (all BSDs,
>...
>> Debian with the new libbsd package installed
>
>I wanted to try but there's no such package!
Any progress on the libbsd package, now that licence issues are out
of the way? IIRC, plans were to get it ready for all arches in lenny?
10x,
//mirabilos
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