2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/popt.c b/popt.c
index d8e1885..1552217 100644
--- a/popt.c
+++ b/popt.c
@@ -645,12 +645,23 @@ static void poptStripArg(/*@special@*/ poptContext con, int which)
     /*@=compdef@*/
 }
 
+/*@unchecked@*/
+static unsigned int seed = 0;
+
 int poptSaveLong(long * arg, int argInfo, long aLong)
 {
     /* XXX Check alignment, may fail on funky platforms. */
     if (arg == NULL || (((unsigned long)arg) & (sizeof(*arg)-1)))
 	return POPT_ERROR_NULLARG;
 
+    if (aLong != 0 && argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_RANDOM) {
+	if (!seed) {
+	    srandom((unsigned)getpid());
+	    srandom((unsigned)random());
+	}
+	aLong = random() % (aLong > 0 ? aLong : -aLong);
+	aLong++;
+    }
     if (argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_NOT)
 	aLong = ~aLong;
     switch (argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_LOGICALOPS) {
@@ -679,6 +690,14 @@ int poptSaveInt(/*@null@*/ int * arg, int argInfo, long aLong)
     if (arg == NULL || (((unsigned long)arg) & (sizeof(*arg)-1)))
 	return POPT_ERROR_NULLARG;
 
+    if (aLong != 0 && argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_RANDOM) {
+	if (!seed) {
+	    srandom((unsigned)getpid());
+	    srandom((unsigned)random());
+	}
+	aLong = random() % (aLong > 0 ? aLong : -aLong);
+	aLong++;
+    }
     if (argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_NOT)
 	aLong = ~aLong;
     switch (argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_LOGICALOPS) {
diff --git a/popt.h b/popt.h
index 18f764c..47de002 100644
--- a/popt.h
+++ b/popt.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 					/*!< clear arg bit(s) */
 
 #define	POPT_ARGFLAG_SHOW_DEFAULT 0x00800000 /*!< show default value in --help */
+#define	POPT_ARGFLAG_RANDOM	0x00400000  /*<! random value in [1,arg] */
 
 /*@}*/