> From: Jim Meyering > Pádraig Brady wrote: > > How about the attached. > ... > >>From 1e775072c2181679a088794dc872dc78a41a7606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: =?utf-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= > > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 08:42:15 +0100 > > Subject: [PATCH] shred,sort,shuf: don't use /dev/urandom by default > > > > Suggestion from Steven Schveighoffer at: > > http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?6797 > > to greatly speed up the random passes done by shred. > > * gl/lib/randread.c: Default to using the internal > > pseudorandom generator, rather than reading /dev/urandom > > * src/shred.c (usage): remove mention of /dev/urandom > > * src/shuf.c (usage); ditto > > * src/sort.c (usage): ditto > > * doc/coreutils.text: Document the new behaviour > > for aquiring random data. > > Looks fine. thanks!
Also looks good for me, thanks for doing this! -Steve _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils