Re: [patch #6797] shred option to use internal RNG

[Pádraig Brady]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #4, patch #6797 (project coreutils):
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, but I really don't understand the reluctance to
> utilize the (already implemented) internal random number generator.  It's
> there, it costs nothing extra to use it, it doesn't require extra programs
> that generate random data, nor external files.  It's even the default case
> when /dev/urandom does not exist.  What is the downside?

None as far as I can see:
No new options.
Relatively small change to optionally seed from /dev/urandom (once is enough).
No external dependencies.

cheers,
Pádraig.