uuid.uuid1() on certain Macs does not generate unique IDs
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Description
| BPO | 41552 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @ronaldoussoren, @ned-deily, @vedgar, @remilapeyre, @websurfer5 |
| Files |
Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-08-14.09:43:58.156>
labels = ['OS-mac', 'type-bug', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
title = 'uuid.uuid1() on certain Macs does not generate unique IDs'
updated_at = <Date 2021-02-06.14:33:41.919>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/terrygreeniaus'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2021-02-06.14:33:41.919>
actor = 'ronaldoussoren'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['macOS']
creation = <Date 2020-08-14.09:43:58.156>
creator = 'terrygreeniaus'
dependencies = []
files = ['49794']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 41552
keywords = []
message_count = 13.0
messages = ['375387', '375394', '375398', '375403', '375405', '375415', '375441', '375460', '380065', '380068', '380929', '386167', '386560']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['ronaldoussoren', 'ned.deily', 'veky', 'remi.lapeyre', 'Jeffrey.Kintscher', 'terrygreeniaus']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue41552'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']
Linked PRs
- gh-99717
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the migrated BPO issue and the attached dumpaddr.c file, then review the linked PR gh-99717 for the current state of the work. Reproduce or investigate uuid.uuid1() on the affected Macs, and consider the issue done when it reliably generates unique IDs there.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100