More XPG4.2 --

setstate takes a const parameter
don't ever spew to stderr, just return NULL

src/include/stdlib.h

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: stdlib.h,v 1.6 1998/02/06 01:49:06 deraadt Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: stdlib.h,v 1.7 1998/02/07 02:16:26 millert Exp $	*/
 /*	$NetBSD: stdlib.h,v 1.25 1995/12/27 21:19:08 jtc Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ int	 radixsort __P((const unsigned char **, int, const unsigned char *,
 int	 sradixsort __P((const unsigned char **, int, const unsigned char *,
 	    unsigned));
 
-char	*initstate __P((unsigned, char *, size_t));
+char	*initstate __P((unsigned int, char *, size_t));
 long	 random __P((void));
 char	*realpath __P((const char *, char *));
-char	*setstate __P((char *));
-void	 srandom __P((unsigned));
+char	*setstate __P((const char *));
+void	 srandom __P((unsigned int));
 
 int	 putenv __P((const char *));
 int	 setenv __P((const char *, const char *, int));

src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.4 1998/02/06 01:49:08 deraadt Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.5 1998/02/07 02:16:25 millert Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 19, 1991
 .Dt RANDOM 3
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
 .Ft long 
 .Fn random void
 .Ft void
-.Fn srandom "unsigned seed"
+.Fn srandom "unsigned int seed"
 .Ft char *
-.Fn initstate "unsigned seed" "char *state" "size_t n"
+.Fn initstate "unsigned int seed" "char *state" "size_t n"
 .Ft char *
-.Fn setstate "char *state"
+.Fn setstate "const char *state"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn random
@@ -162,7 +162,17 @@ is called with less than 8 bytes of state information, or if
 detects that the state information has been garbled, error
 messages are printed on the standard error output.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr drand48 3 ,
 .Xr rand 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn random ,                                                           
+.Fn srandom ,                                                           
+.Fn initstate ,                                                           
+and
+.Fn setstate
+functions conform to
+.St -xpg4.2 .
 .Sh HISTORY
 These
 functions appeared in 

src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.c

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  */
 
 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
-static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: random.c,v 1.5 1998/02/06 01:49:08 deraadt Exp $";
+static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: random.c,v 1.6 1998/02/07 02:16:25 millert Exp $";
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -250,11 +250,8 @@ initstate(seed, arg_state, n)
 		state[-1] = rand_type;
 	else
 		state[-1] = MAX_TYPES * (rptr - state) + rand_type;
-	if (n < BREAK_0) {
-		(void)fprintf(stderr,
-		    "random: not enough state (%d bytes); ignored.\n", n);
-		return(0);
-	}
+	if (n < BREAK_0)
+		return(NULL);
 	if (n < BREAK_1) {
 		rand_type = TYPE_0;
 		rand_deg = DEG_0;
@@ -303,7 +300,7 @@ initstate(seed, arg_state, n)
  */
 char *
 setstate(arg_state)
-	char *arg_state;
+	const char *arg_state;
 {
 	register long *new_state = (long *)arg_state;
 	register int type = new_state[0] % MAX_TYPES;
@@ -325,8 +322,7 @@ setstate(arg_state)
 		rand_sep = seps[type];
 		break;
 	default:
-		(void)fprintf(stderr,
-		    "random: state info corrupted; not changed.\n");
+		return(NULL);
 	}
 	state = &new_state[1];
 	if (rand_type != TYPE_0) {