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author | Daniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org> | 2018-10-17 20:40:17 +0200 |
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committer | Daniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org> | 2018-10-17 20:40:17 +0200 |
commit | 9803fc41e8e6a820634f41d2196bdced7cbbc99f (patch) | |
tree | 593f59640ebe9d8eef90e3ddf8988dc7d714690c /src/main.c | |
parent | a9d46da64d02561bf2f545b3271575b304eda913 (diff) |
Use random() instead of rand() to increase portability
Quoting glibc rand(3):
The versions of rand() and srand() in the Linux C Library use the same random
number generator as random(3) and srandom(3), so the lower-order bits should be
as random as the higher-order bits. However, on older rand()
implementations, and on current implementations on different systems, the
lower-order bits are much less random than the higher-order bits. Do not use
this function in applications intended to be portable when good randomness is
needed. (Use random(3) instead.)
Diffstat (limited to 'src/main.c')
-rw-r--r-- | src/main.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) { atexit(feh_clean_exit); - srand(getpid() * time(NULL) % ((unsigned int) -1)); + srandom(getpid() * time(NULL) % ((unsigned int) -1)); setup_signal_handlers(); init_parse_options(argc, argv); |