commit 047a0fd99e64c554c4edf44cc67ee765b09af017 Author: Marcus Meissner Date: Tue Apr 4 16:27:39 2017 +0200 initialize the random seed Index: libxslt-v1.1.36/libexslt/math.c =================================================================== --- libxslt-v1.1.36.orig/libexslt/math.c +++ libxslt-v1.1.36/libexslt/math.c @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ #include #include +#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H +#include +#endif +#include +#include + #include "exslt.h" /** @@ -460,6 +468,20 @@ static double exsltMathRandom (void) { double ret; int num; + long seed; + static int randinit = 0; + + if (!randinit) { + int fd = open("/dev/urandom",O_RDONLY); + + seed = time(NULL); /* just in case /dev/urandom is not there */ + if (fd != -1) { + read (fd, &seed, sizeof(seed)); + close (fd); + } + srand(seed); + randinit = 1; + } num = rand(); ret = (double)num / (double)RAND_MAX;