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From: juli mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org,
	John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/random random.c
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* Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@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
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     games/random         random.c
> >   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)?
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