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util/random.lua

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util/random.lua @ 10016:af8c514e5cf7 0.11

util.random: Throw different error for EOL condition
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Tue, 21 May 2019 08:52:21 +0200
parent 10015:8297408db58b
child 12446:e54b8a5e35ad
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--- a/util/random.lua	Sat May 18 18:51:25 2019 +0200
+++ b/util/random.lua	Tue May 21 08:52:21 2019 +0200
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 local function bytes(n)
 	local data, err = urandom:read(n);
 	if not data then
-		error("Unable to retrieve data from secure random number generator (/dev/urandom): "..tostring(err));
+		if err then
+			error("Unable to retrieve data from secure random number generator (/dev/urandom): "..tostring(err));
+		else
+			error("Secure random number generator (/dev/urandom) returned an end-of-file condition");
+		end
 	end
 	return data;
 end