Re: [RFC] t5300 considered dangerous

> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> >       cp test-1-${packname_1}.pack test-3.pack &&
> > -     dd if=/dev/zero of=test-3.idx count=1 bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=1200 &&
> > +     dd if=/dev/zero of=test-3.idx count=20 bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=$l &&
> >       if git-verify-pack test-3.pack
> >       then false
> >       else :;
> 
> When the commit is not skipped, I fail to see why this should not fail in 
> one out of 256 cases: the input is (partially) pseudo-random. The last 20 
> bytes are the SHA-1 which should inherit this pseudo-randomness. So, the 
> first byte should be pseudo-random, too.
> 
> Something I missed?