Re: arc4random does not reseed after using fork()

2024-01-27 Thread Johnothan King via Cygwin
> FYI: There was a thread in Nov 2023 about rand() which might be related. > > rand is not ISO C compliant in Cygwin > https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-November/254735.html > > conclusion of that thread: > https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-November/254764.html I don't think that h

Re: arc4random does not reseed after using fork()

2024-01-27 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2024-01-26 16:50, Glenn Strauss via Cygwin wrote: While testing ksh93u+m's recently added SRANDOM variable[1], I have discovered a bug in Cygwin's arc4random function. After using fork(), arc4random does not reseed itself, which causes the results to become predictable[2]. Below is a test case

Re: New package: btop 1.3.0-1

2024-01-27 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2024-01-26 18:30, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote: On Sat, 27 Jan 2024 08:58:49 +0900 Takashi Yano wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:09:10 -0700 Brian Inglis wrote: Window blips and disappears whether running from XDG Menu btop++ or terminal! What happens if you run btop in mintty or UXterm? I

Re: /usr/bin/fallocate missing in Cygwin 3.5's "util-linux" ...

2024-01-27 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
On 27/01/2024 11:06, Mark Geisert via Cygwin wrote: On 1/26/2024 11:26 PM, ASSI via Cygwin wrote: Mark Geisert via Cygwin writes: A new build of the util-linux package, 2.33.1-3, now includes fallocate and its man page.  The updated package is now making its way to the Cygwin mirrors.  fallocat

Re: /usr/bin/fallocate missing in Cygwin 3.5's "util-linux" ...

2024-01-27 Thread Mark Geisert via Cygwin
On 1/26/2024 11:26 PM, ASSI via Cygwin wrote: Mark Geisert via Cygwin writes: A new build of the util-linux package, 2.33.1-3, now includes fallocate and its man page. The updated package is now making its way to the Cygwin mirrors. fallocate requires Cygwin version >= 3.5.0. It also doesn't