[issue28009] core logic of uuid.getnode() is broken for AIX - all versions

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

> What is the desired behavior, specifically, of 
uuid.getnode() - constant, or 'random'?

I'm also certain getnode() is supposed to return a hardware-determined number (usually the MAC address of an Ethernet interface).  A random output wouldn't need so much platform-specific harness.

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