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doc: deprecate crypto.getRandomValues alias #41779

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions doc/api/crypto.md
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added: v17.4.0
deprecated: REPLACEME
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> Stability: 0 - Deprecated. Use [`crypto.webcrypto.getRandomValues()`][]
> instead.

* `typedArray` {Buffer|TypedArray|DataView|ArrayBuffer}
* Returns: {Buffer|TypedArray|DataView|ArrayBuffer} Returns `typedArray`.

A convenient alias for [`crypto.webcrypto.getRandomValues()`][].

### `crypto.hkdf(digest, ikm, salt, info, keylen, callback)`

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17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/deprecations.md
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Use [`buffer.subarray`][] which does the same thing instead.

### DEP0159: `require('node:crypto').getRandomValues()`

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changes:
- version: REPLACEME
pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/41779
description: Documentation-only deprecation.
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Type: Documentation-only

This method is deprecated because of compatibility issues with the rest of the
JavaScript ecosystem.

Use [`crypto.webcrypto.getRandomValues()`][] instead.

[Legacy URL API]: url.md#legacy-url-api
[NIST SP 800-38D]: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-38d.pdf
[RFC 6066]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6066#section-3
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[`crypto.pbkdf2()`]: crypto.md#cryptopbkdf2password-salt-iterations-keylen-digest-callback
[`crypto.randomBytes()`]: crypto.md#cryptorandombytessize-callback
[`crypto.scrypt()`]: crypto.md#cryptoscryptpassword-salt-keylen-options-callback
[`crypto.webcrypto.getRandomValues()`]: webcrypto.md#cryptogetrandomvaluestypedarray
[`decipher.final()`]: crypto.md#decipherfinaloutputencoding
[`decipher.setAuthTag()`]: crypto.md#deciphersetauthtagbuffer-encoding
[`dns.lookup()`]: dns.md#dnslookuphostname-options-callback
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