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From:
Biarder <mss091204.1@gmail.com>
Subject:
Re: ksh(1), use arc4random_uniform(3) to calculate $RANDOM
To:
tech@openbsd.org
Cc:
Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr>, Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Date:
Fri, 22 May 2026 19:31:04 +0700

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I forgot to CC tech@ on it :(

I will try to find a way to stay deterministic and modular-bias safe.
Thank you so much.

2026년 5월 22일 (금) 오후 7:21, Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr>님이 작성:
>
> Biarder <mss091204.1@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Sorry about not reading the manual first, and thank you for letting me
> > know about that. But I think this patch is still meaningful because
> > It removes the useless change_rand function, and tiny modular bias.
>
> Ok I see (this time it is me who should have read arc4random(3) 😅).  I
> also do not understand the purpose of the change_rand call but I'm not
> an expert.
>
> Finally, I think you should stand for your patch on the list (and not
> just to me ;-) where you'll have input from real experts.
> --
> Manuel Giraud