svn commit: r213476 - head/lib/libc/stdlib

[Konstantin Belousov]

Author: kib
Date: Wed Oct  6 09:05:47 2010
New Revision: 213476
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/213476

Log:
  Add cross-references to lrand48(3) and arc4random(3) from rand(3)
  and random(3).
  
  Submitted by:	Valentin Nechayev <netch netch kiev ua>
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3
  head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3

Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3	Wed Oct  6 08:15:28 2010	(r213475)
+++ head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3	Wed Oct  6 09:05:47 2010	(r213476)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)rand.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 25, 1999
+.Dd October 6, 2010
 .Dt RAND 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -100,7 +100,16 @@ provides the same functionality as
 A pointer to the context value
 .Fa ctx
 must be supplied by the caller.
+.Pp
+For better generator quality, use
+.Xr random 3
+or
+.Xr lrand48 3 .
+Applications requiring cryptographic quality randomness should use
+.Xr arc4random 3 .
 .Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr arc4random 3,
+.Xr lrand48 3 ,
 .Xr random 3 ,
 .Xr random 4
 .Sh STANDARDS

Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3	Wed Oct  6 08:15:28 2010	(r213475)
+++ head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3	Wed Oct  6 09:05:47 2010	(r213476)
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ detects that the state information has b
 messages are printed on the standard error output.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr arc4random 3 ,
+.Xr lrand48 3 ,
 .Xr rand 3 ,
 .Xr srand 3 ,
 .Xr random 4