Re: UUID Library for Gnome apps

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

Hi!

I use the libuuid library (uuid-dev and uuid-runtime packages under Ubuntu).

Regards,

Vivien


On 30 May 2013 07:37, אנטולי קרסנר <tombackton gmail com> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I'm writing a desktop app using Gnome technologies and I want to use
> UUIDs as means of generating URIs for resources.
>
> I found two UUID libraries: One is part of e2fsprogs, and the other one
> is provided by OSSP and has a C++ binding (perfect for me because I
> write in C++).
>
> I don't mind using a C library, but I'm not sure which UUID library is
> better for my app. The first one I mentioned, my whole system depends on
> it. And it's part of the Linux kernel. So I'm wondering, does using it
> create a dependency on Linux?
>
> And what is the recommended UUID to use? I see two options and I don't
> know how to choose. Choosing randomly would just create inconsistency,
> if each module "just chooses" one of them.
>
> regards,
> Anatoly
>
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