From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [patch] getrandom.2, random.4: Consolidate and improve discussion on usage of randomness Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:52:43 +0100 Message-ID: References: <55B65DAC.6010906@lgeorget.eu> <2fc34759-5d2b-4192-9611-b499e23efdf8@gmail.com> <1478767372.2642.15.camel@redhat.com> <1478788558.3579.47.camel@redhat.com> <66494ef9-80d1-e437-252a-4a15e1f497db@lgeorget.eu> <02c2fa67-ce72-010b-e1ac-ae52c1bc6cf2@gmail.com> <1478850099.2484.7.camel@redhat.com> <48e730fc-4eeb-189e-92b4-eaa2720d3eda@supelec.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <48e730fc-4eeb-189e-92b4-eaa2720d3eda-vbcOdlJ0SulGWvitb5QawA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Laurent Georget , Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, Laurent Georget , =?UTF-8?Q?Carl_Winb=c3=a4ck?= , linux-man , Stephan Mueller , George Spelvin , Theodore T'so , Matt Mackall , Ivan Babrou , matt-6J8q6J5oQjkQrrorzV6ljw@public.gmane.org, Luke Bratch , Onkar Mahajan List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 11/11/2016 12:01 PM, Laurent Georget wrote: > > > Le 11/11/2016 à 11:47, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) a écrit : >> Hi Nikos, >> >> On 11 November 2016 at 08:41, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote: [...] >>> So while the text is better and more precise in other aspects than >>> before I think it is a bit confusing the mix of getrandom() with >>> /dev/urandom and /dev/random. Maybe copy the text back and separate the >>> descriptions even if they are very similar at the moment? >> >> I'm reluctant to duplicate text in two places. I think that that >> duplication os prt of the reason why we have the current mess. > > So, maybe all this discussion about which interface to choose, expected > usage, etc. should go to a random.7 man page? This would be the logical > location to detail the differences about the three interfaces. What do > you think? That seems a reasonable suggestion. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html