[Bug 804355] Re: jot random number generator broken in batch jobs
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Mon Mar 26 16:01:06 UTC 2012
This bug was fixed in the package athena-jot - 9.0-5ubuntu1
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athena-jot (9.0-5ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
* Use arc4random number generation instead of time based (LP: #804355).
- d/control: Add Build-Depends - libbsd-dev, dh-autoreconf.
- d/rules: Updated to call dh_autoreconf.
-- Alexey Ivanov <rbtz at yandex-team.ru> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:10:40 +0100
** Changed in: athena-jot (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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Title:
jot random number generator broken in batch jobs
Status in “athena-jot” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
jot -r generates same random numbers within one second time so it's
unusable in batch jobs like shell scripts.
There is code for initializing "random" seed:
s = (randomize ? time(0) : STEP_DEF);
/*... snip ....*/
srand((int) s);
Here is an example of this behavior:
rbtz at rbtz-desktop:~$ date +%s; jot -r 1 0 10000000
1309455778
9981995
rbtz at rbtz-desktop:~$ date +%s; jot -r 1 0 10000000
1309455779
2355993
rbtz at rbtz-desktop:~$ date +%s; jot -r 1 0 10000000
1309455779
2355993
rbtz at rbtz-desktop:~$ date +%s; jot -r 1 0 10000000
1309455779
2355993
rbtz at rbtz-desktop:~$ date +%s; jot -r 1 0 10000000
1309455780
3745306
rbtz at rbtz-desktop:~$ date +%s; jot -r 1 0 10000000
1309455780
3745306
As fast fix pid can be added to seed
srandom((int) s ^ (getpid()<<4));
As good fix arc4random or similar mechanism can be used.
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