From e2c139400779c24a390f4478110cceef1524609e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 22:46:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] srand

---
 direct/src/plugin_npapi/startup.cxx | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/direct/src/plugin_npapi/startup.cxx b/direct/src/plugin_npapi/startup.cxx
index 06b48f26ea..882d9bfd91 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin_npapi/startup.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/plugin_npapi/startup.cxx
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ NP_Initialize(NPNetscapeFuncs *browserFuncs,
   }
 #endif
 
+  // Seed the lame random number generator in rand(); we use it to
+  // select a mirror for downloading.
+  srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
+
   return NPERR_NO_ERROR;
 }