On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Jean-Claude Beaudoin < jean.claude.beaud...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Tomas Hlavaty <t...@logand.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jean-Claude, >> >> it is not possible to open /dev/urandom: >> >> (with-open-file (s "/dev/urandom" :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8)) >> (read-byte s)) >> >> Filesystem error with pathname: "/dev/urandom". >> Cannot open file >> OS Explanation: (errno == 0) Success >> [Condition of type SI:OS-FILE-ERROR] >> >> but this works: >> >> (with-open-file (s "/etc/passwd" :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8)) >> (read-byte s)) >> >> > Yep! It is a bug! > > Working on a fix... > > This fix is now in github repo master head. #'cl:probe-file was too selective in its file type tastes... Thank you for pointing it. JCB
