On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 11:56:48AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Oh, one more thought: the removal of the --disable-strong-random > documentation stanza means there's no explanation of what to do > to build on platforms without /dev/urandom. Perhaps something > like this in installation.sgml: > > <para> > - You need <productname>OpenSSL</productname>, if you want to support > - encrypted client connections. The minimum required version is > - 0.9.8. > + You need <productname>OpenSSL</productname> if you want to support > + encrypted client connections. <productname>OpenSSL</productname> > + is also required for random number generation on platforms that > + do not have <filename>/dev/urandom</filename> (except Windows). > + The minimum required version is 0.9.8. > </para>
Okay, I have included something among those lines. -- Michael
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