KRandom regression + fix

Johannes Huber johu at gentoo.org
Wed Apr 27 07:48:44 BST 2016


> Hi dear packagers,

Hello Frederik,

> KRandom saw a regression in KCoreAddon's 5.21.0 release, which impacts a
> wide range of applications and use cases. Since the rand() was not
> seeded, the numbers generated were predictable, which is ugly in games
> and probably alarming for bluetooth pairing.

thanks for the patch. When i read "randon numbers were predictable" instantly 
a alarm bell rings in my head. Is this a security issue?

> 
> So you might want to add this patch and update your .0 packages.
> 
> https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kcoreaddons.git&a=commit&h=78212436643af95779fac
> d9593c82fb149c2213d
> 
> Thank you,
> Frederik


Greetings,
Johannes
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