docs/143461: rand48(3) has incorrect defaults information
Jeremy Huddleston
jeremyhu at apple.com
Tue Feb 2 00:20:02 UTC 2010
>Number: 143461
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: rand48(3) has incorrect defaults information
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 02 00:20:01 UTC 2010
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>Originator: Jeremy Huddleston
>Release: 8.0
>Organization:
Apple
>Environment:
NA
>Description:
rand48(3) states,
"""
default values are for the multiplicand a = 0xfdeece66d = 25214903917
"""
but those are not equal.
0x5deece66d = 25214903917
http://www.google.com/search?q=25214903917+in+hex
0x5deece66d is the correct value
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