From 1fcc9f68fd0e01f58ac797f633e706fc955185b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ron Koenderink <rkoenderink@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:35:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added srand call to thread startup as each thread needs to be
 seeded in Windows.

---
 src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c b/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
index 54bb324f2..f6435206d 100644
--- a/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
+++ b/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ loc_SleepThisThread(unsigned long ulMillisecs)
 void
 empth_threadMain(void *pvData)
 {
+    time_t now;
+
     loc_Thread_t *pThread = (loc_Thread_t *)pvData;
 
     /* Out of here... */
@@ -304,6 +306,10 @@ empth_threadMain(void *pvData)
     /* Signal that the thread has started. */
     SetEvent(loc_GVAR.hThreadStartEvent);
 
+    /* seed the rand() function */
+    time(&now);
+    srand(now ^ (unsigned int)pThread);
+
     /* Switch to this thread context */
     loc_RunThisThread();
 
-- 
2.43.0