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Date:      Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:11:52 GMT
From:      Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu@apple.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/143461: rand48(3) has incorrect defaults information
Message-ID:  <201002020011.o120Bq3q070982@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201002020020.o120K2o4066621@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         143461
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       rand48(3) has incorrect defaults information
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 02 00:20:01 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jeremy Huddleston
>Release:        8.0
>Organization:
Apple
>Environment:
NA
>Description:
rand48(3) states,

"""
default values are for the multiplicand a = 0xfdeece66d = 25214903917 
"""

but those are not equal.  

0x5deece66d = 25214903917 

http://www.google.com/search?q=25214903917+in+hex

0x5deece66d is the correct value
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>Fix:


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