On 03/31/2017 01:31 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos:
>
>> +In earlier versions of glibc this function was avaible under the
>> +.BR <sys/random.h>
>> +header.
>
> It's still available in <sys/random.h>, and the declaration there can
> still be useful if you want to compile without feature test macros.
>
> In addition, I don't think there ever was a released glibc version
> where getentropy was declared in <sys/random.h>, but not in <unistd.h>
> (with the relevant feature test macros).
Thanks, Florian. I tweaked the page to mention the FTM requirements
when using <unistd.h>, and modified the text in NOTES to read:
getentropy() is also declared in <sys/random.h>. (No feature test
macro need be defined to obtain the declaration from that header
file.)
Cheers,
Michael
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