cvs commit: src/games/random random.c

[juli mallett]

* Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2005-06-22 ]
	[ w.r.t. Re: cvs commit: src/games/random random.c ]
> On Wednesday, 22 June 2005 at 14:31:48 -1000, juli mallett wrote:
> > * Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2005-06-22 ]
> > 	[ w.r.t. Re: cvs commit: src/games/random random.c ]
> >> On Wednesday, 22 June 2005 at 15:24:00 +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> >>> jhb         2005-06-22 15:24:00 UTC
> >>>   Log:
> >>>   Correct an error in the previous revision.  RAND_MAX is the maximum value
> >>>   for rand(3), not random(3).  random(3) is defined to return values between
> >>>   0 and 2^31-1, so add a local RANDOM_MAX constant to this file that is
> >>>   defined as 2^31-1 and use that in place of RAND_MAX.
> >>
> >> How much effect did this bug have on the results of random(3)?
> >
> > How would a bug in random(6) bounds checking affect the results
> > of random(3)?
> 
> You tell me.  The commit message only refers to random(3).

The commit was to random(6) and the commit message was in reference to
the use of random(3) by random(6).  I suspect one of us is very confused
and/or not reading the emails we reply to.

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