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Re: [PATCH v2][BZ 14561] Separate rand and random seeds.
- From: Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>, Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:04:45 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2][BZ 14561] Separate rand and random seeds.
- References: <20130520190628 dot GA22088 at domone dot kolej dot mff dot cuni dot cz> <519E93F3 dot 8060203 at redhat dot com> <20130603222514 dot GB26974 at domone dot kolej dot mff dot cuni dot cz> <20130603224129 dot 265BD2C05B at topped-with-meat dot com> <51AE08DC dot 7090206 at redhat dot com> <20130611171157 dot 7C4582C0A4 at topped-with-meat dot com> <20130611175247 dot GA6194 at domone dot kolej dot mff dot cuni dot cz> <20130611183940 dot 6B4DB2C0A2 at topped-with-meat dot com>
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:39:40AM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > Well established where? I cannot verify this claim.
>
> Well-established in the 20 year history of glibc and its users.
I question the claim that it's "established". It's never been
documented that they're the same, as far as I know, and if it were,
thus bug would have been reported before by somebody reading the
manual, I would think.
Rich