Package: dieharder
Version: 2.24.7-1
Severity: important
I use dieharder as a regression test tool for RNGs. So far I have
been using the "-g 66" flag (file_input_raw). But since the new 2.24.7-1
version, this option now selects "ca", silently breaking existing test
scripts. This is due to a reordering of the list of non-gsl generators:
the "empty" generator was moved at the end for some reason.
Trying "-g file_input_raw" also silently selects borosh13 without
any error. I think dieharder should do one of the following:
- guarantee backwards compatibility by reverting the reordering (or
maybe committing to not reorder it in later version)
- allow alphabetical input, eg. "-g file_input_raw" and warn about
possible reorderings
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.9 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dieharder depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdieharder2 2.24.7-1 Random-number generator test libra
ii libgsl0ldbl 1.11-2 GNU Scientific Library (GSL) -- li
dieharder recommends no packages.
dieharder suggests no packages.
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