[Bug 244139] random(6) since r355693 does not support a double value for denominator

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            Bug ID: 244139
           Summary: random(6) since r355693 does not support a double
                    value for denominator
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: kwhite at site.uottawa.ca

Created attachment 211671
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=211671&action=edit
allow denomitator to be a double again

random(6) pre-r355693 supported a double value for denominator.  This made it
possible to select roughly 99%, say, of the lines in an input file using
"random 1.01", or roughly 51% of the lines with "random 1.96".  Both these
cases are now equivalent to "random 1" and return all lines.

The attached patch returns this functionality.  Salt to taste.

[Patch r356810 resolved another problem with r355693.]

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