Re: srandomdev portability

[Thomas Klausner <thomasklausner%users.sourceforge.net@localhost>]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:38:15AM -0600, Larson, Timothy E. wrote:
> Is there an idiom to use to work around the lack of this function in certain 
> systems (like NetBSD), or is it best to supply an implementation to use in 
> those cases?

What is this?
Usually, for function which might miss on some operating systems, the
program should provide a replacement function that is enabled by a
configure test.

(Of course, when packaging, sometimes we handle it with #ifdefs or
patches instead...)
 Thomas

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