[exim-dev] [Bug 722] Need a random number generator

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Author: Roman Odaisky
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Subject: [exim-dev] [Bug 722] Need a random number generator
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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=722




--- Comment #4 from Roman Odaisky <to.roma.from.eximbug@???> 2008-06-20 13:41:09 ---
Created an attachment (id=248)
--> (http://bugs.exim.org/attachment.cgi?id=248)
Patch to add $rand and $rand_max

This adds $rand and $rand_max. Uses rand_r(3) seeded by the number of
microseconds since the epoch given by gettimeofday(3). The "% UINT_MAX" should
be redundant, but can’t hurt. Of course, don’t expect the RNG to be
cryptographically strong. Everything should conform to POSIX.1-2001.

To apply, place the file to debian/patches and mention it in
debian/patches/00list; on non-Debian systems apply it manually to expand.c.

Any comments? Seems hard to make an error in such a simple patch.


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