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+# Linear congruential pseudorandom number generator
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Patrick "P. J." McDermott
+#
+# This file is part of the ProteanOS Development Kit.
+#
+# The ProteanOS Development Kit is free software: you can redistribute
+# it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# The ProteanOS Development Kit is distributed in the hope that it
+# will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+# warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with the ProteanOS Development Kit. If not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+rand_x=1
+
+srand()
+{
+ local x="${1}"
+
+ case "${x}" in
+ *[!0-9]*)
+ warn "$(get_msg 'rand_bad_x')"
+ return 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ rand_x=${x}
+}
+
+rand()
+{
+ # Increment, multiplier, and modulus values are those used in glibc.
+ rand_x=$((1103515245 * $rand_x + 12345))
+ rand_x=$(($rand_x % 4294967296))
+}