diff -Naur bash-3.2.orig/config.h.in bash-3.2/config.h.in
--- bash-3.2.orig/config.h.in	2006-09-12 20:00:54.000000000 +0000
+++ bash-3.2/config.h.in	2007-04-26 04:49:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@
 
 /* Presence of system and C library functions. */
 
+/* Define if you have the arc4random function.  */
+#undef HAVE_ARC4RANDOM
+
 /* Define if you have the asprintf function.  */
 #undef HAVE_ASPRINTF
 
diff -Naur bash-3.2.orig/configure bash-3.2/configure
--- bash-3.2.orig/configure	2006-09-26 15:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ bash-3.2/configure	2007-04-26 04:53:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -14542,6 +14542,109 @@
 
 
 
+for ac_func in arc4random
+do
+as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_func... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_var+set}\" = set"; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+/* Define $ac_func to an innocuous variant, in case <limits.h> declares $ac_func.
+   For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
+#define $ac_func innocuous_$ac_func
+
+/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
+    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
+    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
+    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
+
+#ifdef __STDC__
+# include <limits.h>
+#else
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
+
+#undef $ac_func
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char $ac_func ();
+/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
+    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
+    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
+#if defined (__stub_$ac_func) || defined (__stub___$ac_func)
+choke me
+#else
+char (*f) () = $ac_func;
+#endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+return f != $ac_func;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+eval "$as_ac_var=no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}`eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&6
+if test `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'` = yes; then
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+done
+
+
+
 
 
 
diff -Naur bash-3.2.orig/configure.in bash-3.2/configure.in
--- bash-3.2.orig/configure.in	2006-09-26 15:05:45.000000000 +0000
+++ bash-3.2/configure.in	2007-04-26 04:49:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -748,6 +748,9 @@
 
 AC_FUNC_MKTIME
 
+dnl Checks for the arc4random function
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(arc4random)
+
 dnl
 dnl Checks for lib/intl and related code (uses some of the output from
 dnl AM_GNU_GETTEXT)
diff -Naur bash-3.2.orig/variables.c bash-3.2/variables.c
--- bash-3.2.orig/variables.c	2006-09-08 17:33:32.000000000 +0000
+++ bash-3.2/variables.c	2007-04-26 04:53:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -1188,7 +1188,11 @@
   /* Reset for command and process substitution. */
   if (subshell_environment && seeded_subshell == 0)
     {
+#if defined(HAVE_ARC4RANDOM)
+      sbrand (arc4random());
+#else
       sbrand (rseed + getpid() + NOW);
+#endif
       seeded_subshell = 1;
     }