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Author vstinner
Recipients Decorater, ncoghlan, python-dev, vstinner
Date 2016-08-19.12:33:03
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Message-id <1471609983.99.0.195882433044.issue27776@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> _PyOS_URandomNonblock() *can* fail is /dev/urandom is missing or not readable

Oh. It looks like Python initialization currently fails with a fatal error in this case, see _PyRandom_Init().

Maybe we should also fall back on clocks/pid in _PyRandom_Init()?
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Date User Action Args
2016-08-19 12:33:04vstinnersetrecipients: + vstinner, ncoghlan, python-dev, Decorater
2016-08-19 12:33:03vstinnersetmessageid: <1471609983.99.0.195882433044.issue27776@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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