#7188: GNUism in $SAGE_ROOT/spkg/install
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: tbd
Type: defect | Status: needs_work
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.2
Component: porting | Keywords: GNUism AIX HP-UX Solaris
Work_issues: | Author: David Kirkby
Reviewer: | Merged:
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Changes (by drkirkby):
* status: needs_review => needs_work
Comment:
I understand this will not work on OpenBSD, which though not supported, I
am aware of a method now which should work on any OS. Apparently POSIX
states the random number generator must be seeded from the time, but does
not state in which way. Most OS's uses seconds since the epoch, but
OpenBSD does not. A more portable solution has been posted, which should
work for any OS.
I believe this issue should be resolved. If nothing else, it does not look
very good to be generating unnecessary error messages on some platforms.
(Solaris and AIX).
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/7188#comment:4>
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