Author: pfg
Date: Wed May 18 00:22:52 2016
New Revision: 300098
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/300098
Log:
makefs(8): Clarify the comment concerning seeding.
Avoid giving the impression makefs currently supports reproduceable
builds.
Modified:
head/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c
Modified: head/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c Tue May 17 23:15:16 2016 (r300097)
+++ head/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c Wed May 18 00:22:52 2016 (r300098)
@@ -1125,7 +1125,10 @@ ffs_write_inode(union dinode *dp, uint32
initediblk < ufs_rw32(cgp->cg_niblk, fsopts->needswap)) {
memset(buf, 0, fs->fs_bsize);
dip = (struct ufs2_dinode *)buf;
- /* Seeding affects reproducible builds. */
+ /*
+ * XXX: Time-based seeds should be avoided for
+ * reproduceable builds.
+ */
srandom(time(NULL));
for (i = 0; i < INOPB(fs); i++) {
dip->di_gen = random();
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