From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 23 07:51:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2F516A41C; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:51:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail26.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail26.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03C6043D49; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:51:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (c220-239-8-51.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.8.51]) by mail26.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j5N7pVkf020289 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:51:33 +1000 Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (localhost.alcatel.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j5N7pVRx070270; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:51:31 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from pjeremy@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au) Received: (from pjeremy@localhost) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id j5N7pVRI070269; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:51:31 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from pjeremy) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:51:31 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Message-ID: <20050623075131.GZ50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <200506221524.j5MFO1V1045648@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050623002734.GE37620@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050623003148.GA55179@toxic.magnesium.net> <20050623004143.GG37620@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050623004509.GA55856@toxic.magnesium.net> <20050623010637.GI37620@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050623010637.GI37620@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: juli mallett , cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/random random.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:51:39 -0000 On Thu, 2005-Jun-23 10:36:38 +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> The commit was to random(6) and the commit message was in reference >> to the use of random(3) by random(6). I suspect one of us is very >> confused and/or not reading the emails we reply to. > >Your confusion appears to stem from the expectation that the commit >log message need not describe the issue adequately. The commit message made sense to me: random(6) [obvious by context] was using random(3) but incorrectly assuming a range of [0..RAND_MAX) instead of [0..2^31). -- Peter Jeremy