From 9eb7449123d1eb0be1ccef48100e28c9e28f49f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:51:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed random number generation.
---
src/sbbs3/main.cpp | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
index 11b2a0f332..a73c1618fd 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
@@ -867,6 +867,9 @@ void event_thread(void* arg)
sbbs->event_thread_running = true;
+ srand(clock()); /* Seed random number generator */
+ sbbs_random(10); /* Throw away first number */
+
thread_up();
#ifdef JAVASCRIPT
@@ -2503,6 +2506,9 @@ void node_thread(void* arg)
update_clients();
thread_up();
+ srand(clock()); /* Seed random number generator */
+ sbbs_random(10); /* Throw away first number */
+
#ifdef JAVASCRIPT
sbbs->js_initcx(); /* This must be done in the context of the node thread */
#endif
@@ -2952,8 +2958,6 @@ void DLLCALL bbs_thread(void* arg)
return;
}
- srand(time(NULL));
-
if(!(startup->options&BBS_OPT_LOCAL_TIMEZONE)) {
if(PUTENV("TZ=UCT0"))
lprintf("!putenv() FAILED");
--
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