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On Tue Oct 02 21:33:49 2007, ben@linuxgazette.net wrote: > > This is a bug report for perl from ben@linuxgazette.net, > generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.7. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > [Please enter your report here] > > > "perldoc -f srand" (and consequently, perlfunc.pod) contains the > following: > > `` > Note that you need something much more random than the default > seed for cryptographic purposes. Checksumming the compressed > output of one or more rapidly changing operating system status > programs is the usual method. For example: > > srand (time ^ $$ ^ unpack "%L*", `ps axww | gzip`); > '' > > The problem is that 'ps axww | gzip' returns the same output every > time, at > least on my system: > > `` > ben@Tyr:~$ ps axww|gzip > gzip: compressed data not written to a terminal. Use -f to force > compression. > For help, type: gzip -h > '' > > The solution suggested in the error message (i.e., 'ps axww | gzip > -f') > works fine. > > In blead, it appears that pod/perlfunc.pod's section on srand() has been substantially rewritten, such that neither the language which the OP was criticizing nor what replaced it can be found. Is there any reason to keep this ticket open? Thank you very much. Jim Keenan --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=46019Thread Next