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Use /dev/urandom, as it doesn't block, which /dev/random might do. Do not

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1999-07-23  Sebastian Wilhelmi  <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>

	* grand.c (g_rand_new): Use /dev/urandom, as it doesn't block,
	which /dev/random might do. Do not XOR the time, when getting the
	seed form /dev/urandom, as this is good itself. Prevent the
	initial seed from being zero, which causes the PRNG to produce
	only zeros. Hints from Colin Plumb <colin@pgp.com>.
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1999-07-23 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* grand.c (g_rand_new): Use /dev/urandom, as it doesn't block,
which /dev/random might do. Do not XOR the time, when getting the
seed form /dev/urandom, as this is good itself. Prevent the
initial seed from being zero, which causes the PRNG to produce
only zeros. Hints from Colin Plumb <colin@pgp.com>.
1999-08-17 Tor Lillqvist <tml@iki.fi>
* glib.h (g_trash_stack_push): Add a cast.