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random.7: Mention getentropy(3) 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ source; the
source is selected by specifying the
.BR GRND_RANDOM
flag to the system call.
(The
.BR getentropy (3)
function provides a slightly more portable interface on top of
.BR getrandom (2).)
.\"
.SS Initialization of the entropy pool
The kernel collects bits of entropy from the environment.