Paul Eggert wrote: > This particular case is only weak evidence that 'dd' needs to be in > the list, since the code uses 'dd' only when /dev/urandom is readable, > and I expect that 'dd' is supported everywhere /dev/urandom is.
On the other hand, can you point out a system which does not support 'dd'? You make it sound as if *not* having 'dd' in the list would help portability to some platforms. Which platforms? Bruno