diff -up Python-2.7.3/Misc/NEWS.raise-correct-exception-when-dev-urandom-is-missing Python-2.7.3/Misc/NEWS diff -up Python-2.7.3/Python/random.c.raise-correct-exception-when-dev-urandom-is-missing Python-2.7.3/Python/random.c --- Python-2.7.3/Python/random.c.raise-correct-exception-when-dev-urandom-is-missing 2012-04-09 19:07:35.000000000 -0400 +++ Python-2.7.3/Python/random.c 2013-02-21 14:39:01.020988043 -0500 @@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ dev_urandom_python(char *buffer, Py_ssiz Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS if (fd < 0) { - PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyExc_OSError, "/dev/urandom"); + PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NotImplementedError, + "/dev/urandom (or equivalent) not found"); return -1; }