Bash build issues in `devel' branch due to -Werror compiler flag

2018-12-15 Thread Eduardo A . Bustamante López
Commit 9d80be9ab5cc17011c634e0348c64c15fcba95bf adds the following compiler flag: dualbus@debian:~/src/gnu/bash$ cat -n configure.ac | grep Werror -C3 1159CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security" 1160if test -n "$DEBUG" 1161

Re: $RANDOM not Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator

2018-12-15 Thread Ole Tange
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 9:18 PM Chet Ramey wrote: > On 12/3/18 11:31 AM, Ole Tange wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 3:56 PM Chet Ramey wrote: > > > >> There has to be a compelling reason to change this, especially at a point > >> so close to a major release. I would think that a major release

Re: $RANDOM not Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator

2018-12-15 Thread Eduardo Bustamante
On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 6:08 PM Ole Tange wrote: (...) > But your comment actually emphasizes my point: We _will_ have users > who are naive enough to use $RANDOM in ways you and I would not do, > because we know it is unsafe. > > Let's make those usages a little safer. You know no one is