util.random: Open /dev/urandom read-only, make seed() a noop
authorKim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:48:16 +0100
changeset 7086 ac920b0f9eae
parent 7085 8b590fc77d91
child 7087 fdbe9ccac17d
util.random: Open /dev/urandom read-only, make seed() a noop
util/random.lua
--- a/util/random.lua	Tue Jan 12 23:47:30 2016 +0100
+++ b/util/random.lua	Tue Jan 12 23:48:16 2016 +0100
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
 -- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
 --
 
-local urandom = assert(io.open("/dev/urandom", "r+"));
+local urandom = assert(io.open("/dev/urandom", "r"));
 
-local function seed(x)
-	urandom:write(x);
-	urandom:flush();
+local function seed()
 end
 
 local function bytes(n)