it is 2014, and we still need to encourage people away from srand()

and random().  Sigh.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3
index 75395976f8..be5481bb93 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"     $OpenBSD: rand.3,v 1.15 2014/04/07 17:57:56 schwarze Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: rand.3,v 1.16 2014/07/17 23:12:28 deraadt Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: April 7 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 17 2014 $
 .Dt RAND 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Bf -symbolic
 These interfaces are obsoleted by
-.Xr random 3 .
+.Xr random 3 ,
+which is also unsafe.
+Consider using
+.Xr arc4random 3 .
 .Ef
 .Pp
 The