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Subject: [Bug libc/14561] srand() initializes seed for random() function
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:49:00 -0000
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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14561

Roland McGrath <roland at gnu dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Roland McGrath <roland at gnu dot org> ---
Originally the existing behavior was correct (srand/rand are just aliases for
srandom/random).  Later versions of 1003.1 started specifying srandom as well
as srand, so this has become nonconforming.

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/rand.html             

    The implementation shall behave as if no function defined in this           
    volume of POSIX.1-2008 calls rand() or srand().                             

Note that srandom and random are defined in this volume:                        

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/random.html

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