[fpc-devel] I get duplicate GUIDs under Linux

[Vincent Snijders]

Graeme Geldenhuys schreef:
> 2008/5/29 Florian Klaempfl <florian at freepascal.org>:
>>> How do I know if it's using Random or '/proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid'?
>>> Browsing the RTL source code with Lazarus, I believe I am using the
>>> latter, but not 100% sure.
>> If it uses /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid, strace shows it.
> 
> Thanks Florian.  I am using the '.../random/uuid'.
> 

See also:
http://forum.soft32.com/linux/PATCH-Time-based-RFC-4122-UUID-generator-ftopict467475.html

random/uuid doesn't seem to support reading lot's of UUID is a short period.

Vincent