From: Daniel Kochmański <daniel@turtleware.eu>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:15:14 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: random: update changelog
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random: update changelog

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kochmański <daniel@turtleware.eu>
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 849ca00..c88379c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
    - When cl-truename encounters a broken symlink it returns it's path
      instead of signalling a file-error
 
+   - Random state might be initialized by a random seed (truncated to
+     32bit value) or by a precomputed array.
+
+     Latter is designed to allow reading back the printed random state
+     (when printed readably), not as an array to initialize the random
+     state.
+
 ** Enhancements:
 
    - Added code walker (present as *feature* :walker)
@@ -75,6 +82,9 @@
 
    - EXT:EXTERNAL-PROCESS-WAIT potential race condition fix
 
+   - Random state initial state generation was buggy and insecure (entropy
+     from urandom was rejected)
+
 * 16.0.0 changes since 15.3.7
 ** API changes