cvs commit: src/games/random random.c

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Wednesday, 22 June 2005 at 14:45:09 -1000, juli mallett wrote:
> * Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2005-06-22 ]
> 	[ w.r.t. Re: cvs commit: src/games/random random.c ]
>> On Wednesday, 22 June 2005 at 14:31:48 -1000, juli mallett wrote:
>>> * Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at 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
>>>>>   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)?
>>
>> You tell me.  The commit message only refers to random(3).
>
> 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.

Greg
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