[issue27778] PEP 524: Add os.getrandom()

[Martin Panter]

Martin Panter added the comment:

HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL seems to be a compile-time library check, not a runtime check. I compiled and run on Linux 3.15.5, and os.getrandom() exists but raises ENOSYS:

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ERROR: test_getrandom0 (test.test_os.GetRandomTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/media/disk/home/proj/python/cpython/Lib/test/test_os.py", line 1280, in test_getrandom0
    empty = os.getrandom(0)
OSError: [Errno 38] Function not implemented

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nosy: +martin.panter
status: closed -> open

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