Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:21:50 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: kris@FreeBSD.org Cc: ache@nagual.pp.ru, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/strfile strfile.c Message-ID: <20080808.002150.-1037138460.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <489B81AC.8090508@FreeBSD.org> References: <489B797F.7020101@FreeBSD.org> <20080807230532.GA42775@nagual.pp.ru> <489B81AC.8090508@FreeBSD.org>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: Andrey Chernov wrote:
: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:38:55AM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote:
: >> Is that the right solution? If someone is bootstrapping from an old
: >> kernel (e.g. 7.0) then installworld will install a strfile without your
: >> change.
: >
: > No, this is bootstrap tool, so it is rebuilded twice, once without change
: > and installed immediately in the temp location 'legacy' and next time with
: > (installed on 'installworld' stage).
: >
: >> If someone is bootstrapping from a new kernel (but before they
: >> built the new world) then it will fail to link still.
: >
: > How new kernel may affect userland here? arc4random_uniform() is not
: > sysctl, just function.
: >
: > In case I mess something, please point me to.
:
: I might have been confused about where __FreeBSD_version comes from. I
: guess it's OK since the first will come from the host copy of
: osreldate.h and the second from the new version.
This does beg the question why we need cryptographically secure
randomness for fortune, however...
Warner
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