Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:26:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r203817 - stable/8/lib/libc/gen Message-ID: <201002131026.o1DAQ0qw045465@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gavin Date: Sat Feb 13 10:26:00 2010 New Revision: 203817 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/203817 Log: Merge r203393,r203395 from head: The multiplicand a = 0x5deece66d = 25214903917, not 0xfdeece66d. This bug in the man page has gone unnoticed for over 15 years! PR: docs/143461 Submitted by: Jeremy Huddleston jeremyhu apple.com Modified: stable/8/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 Directory Properties: stable/8/lib/libc/ (props changed) stable/8/lib/libc/stdtime/ (props changed) Modified: stable/8/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 Sat Feb 13 10:22:07 2010 (r203816) +++ stable/8/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 Sat Feb 13 10:26:00 2010 (r203817) @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ .\" @(#)rand48.3 V1.0 MB 8 Oct 1993 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 8, 1993 +.Dd February 2, 2010 .Dt RAND48 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The particular formula employed is r(n+1) = (a * r(n) + c) mod m where the default values are -for the multiplicand a = 0xfdeece66d = 25214903917 and +for the multiplicand a = 0x5deece66d = 25214903917 and the addend c = 0xb = 11. The modulo is always fixed at m = 2 ** 48. r(n) is called the seed of the random number generator.
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