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authorderaadt <>2014-07-17 23:12:28 +0000
committerderaadt <>2014-07-17 23:12:28 +0000
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it is 2014, and we still need to encourage people away from srand()
and random(). Sigh.
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diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3
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@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
31.\" 31.\"
32.\" $OpenBSD: rand.3,v 1.15 2014/04/07 17:57:56 schwarze Exp $ 32.\" $OpenBSD: rand.3,v 1.16 2014/07/17 23:12:28 deraadt Exp $
33.\" 33.\"
34.Dd $Mdocdate: April 7 2014 $ 34.Dd $Mdocdate: July 17 2014 $
35.Dt RAND 3 35.Dt RAND 3
36.Os 36.Os
37.Sh NAME 37.Sh NAME
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@
50.Sh DESCRIPTION 50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51.Bf -symbolic 51.Bf -symbolic
52These interfaces are obsoleted by 52These interfaces are obsoleted by
53.Xr random 3 . 53.Xr random 3 ,
54which is also unsafe.
55Consider using
56.Xr arc4random 3 .
54.Ef 57.Ef
55.Pp 58.Pp
56The 59The