Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:53:44 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Randomness and vi Message-ID: <200101121653.LAA58236@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <3A5ED3F7.D7993677@FreeBSD.org> References: <200101120644.f0C6hvI12630@gratis.grondar.za> <200101120534.f0C5YYH96390@earth.backplane.com> <200101120652.f0C6qls78578@harmony.village.org> <200101120711.f0C7B4Y97991@earth.backplane.com> <3A5EC46D.A912BC6F@FreeBSD.org> <3A5ED3F7.D7993677@FreeBSD.org>
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<<On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 01:52:55 -0800, Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> said: > found out the hard way that vi needs randomness to run when I was doing vi doesn't need randomness to run. However, some overzealous coder may have changed it to waste good randomness when all it needs to do is feed its PRNG. I have seen several instances of this (not naming names) but did not think to protest. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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