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matheusmoreira on March 19, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux maintains bugs: The real reason ifconfig on ...

> Glibc certainly does this

> It is often at the cutting edge of kernel interfaces

Is it? It seems like support for Linux-specific features can take years. The getrandom system call, for example:

https://lwn.net/Articles/711013/

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