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Re: 5.8.2 make test failure on Solaris 2.6 - srand() related?

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From:
Nicholas Clark
Date:
November 11, 2003 13:54
Subject:
Re: 5.8.2 make test failure on Solaris 2.6 - srand() related?
Message ID:
20031111215408.GV6287@plum.flirble.org
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 01:43:59PM +0900, Anthony Heading wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 05:11:32PM +0900, Anthony Heading wrote:
> > I'm seeing two failures with 5.8.2 on 'make test' for Solaris 2.6.
> > 
> > Both look related to random numbers seeding, which is obviously
> > topical.  All seems fine on Solaris 2.8.
> 
> Solved.  A local problem, apologies.  /dev/urandom is a late
> addition kernel module for Solaris 2.6, and the version we had
> installed here was openable but broken, causing the random
> number tests - correctly - to fail.

Thanks for following up with the solution.

Nicholas Clark

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