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Bug 768751 - gnome-sudoku generates the same puzzles over and over
gnome-sudoku generates the same puzzles over and over
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 768345
Product: gnome-sudoku
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.18.x
Other Linux
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: gnome-sudoku-maint
gnome-sudoku-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-07-13 00:49 UTC by Chris Mounce
Modified: 2016-07-13 02:05 UTC
See Also:
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Description Chris Mounce 2016-07-13 00:49:43 UTC 
Start gnome-sudoku. Choose a puzzle difficulty, e.g., Medium. Take a screenshot of the puzzle. Quit gnome-sudoku.

Start gnome-sudoku again. Choose the same difficulty as before. Compare with screenshot: it has generated the same puzzle as before!

This seems to be an issue with the random number generator not being seeded, as reported a few weeks ago on the Debian bugtracker: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=828106
Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2016-07-13 02:05:06 UTC 
Interesting timing; I fixed this yesterday. Thanks for reporting it though!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 768345 ***