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    SubjectRe: /dev/random probs in 2.4test(12-pre3)
    hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)  wrote on 02.12.00 in <90cs2v$6u6$1@cesium.transmeta.com>:

    > Again, that's wrong even when you replace /dev/random with something
    > else. After all, you could be getting EINTR at any time, too, or get
    > interrupted by a signal in the middle (in which case you'd get a short
    > read.)
    >
    > SUCH CODE IS BROKEN. PERIOD. FULL STOP.

    Well, one might argue that for some applications, it's sufficient to
    detect and abort such a situation.

    But not checking is *never* right. Except *maybe* for a throwaway program
    whose source you erase after one use.

    MfG Kai
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