Cannot open file "/dev/urandom" OS Explanation: (errno == 0) Success

[Jean-Claude Beaudoin]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Tomas Hlavaty <tom at logand.com> wrote:

> Hi Jean-Claude,
>
> it is not possible to open /dev/urandom:
>
>    (with-open-file (s "/dev/urandom" :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))
>      (read-byte s))
>
>    Filesystem error with pathname: "/dev/urandom".
>    Cannot open file
>    OS Explanation: (errno == 0) Success
>       [Condition of type SI:OS-FILE-ERROR]
>
> but this works:
>
>    (with-open-file (s "/etc/passwd" :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))
>      (read-byte s))
>
>
Yep! It is a bug!

Working on a fix...

Thanks,

JCB
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