Message 263235 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

See also the issue #25003 and the changeset 835085cc28cd:

Issue #25003: On Solaris 11.3 or newer, os.urandom() now uses the getrandom() function instead of the getentropy() function. The getentropy() function is blocking to generate very good quality entropy, os.urandom() doesn't need such high-quality entropy.