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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-10-01 07:59:32 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-10-01 07:59:32 (GMT)
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Issue #25003: os.urandom() doesn't use getentropy() on Solaris because
getentropy() is blocking, whereas os.urandom() should not block. getentropy() is supported since Solaris 11.3.
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Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #25003: os.urandom() doesn't use getentropy() on Solaris because
+ getentropy() is blocking, whereas os.urandom() should not block. getentropy()
+ is supported since Solaris 11.3.
+
- Issue #25182: The stdprinter (used as sys.stderr before the io module is
imported at startup) now uses the backslashreplace error handler.