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[Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The version of macchanger in the proposed pocket of Trusty that was
purported to fix this bug report has been removed because the bugs that
were to be fixed by the upload were not verified in a timely (105 days)
fashion.

** Changed in: macchanger (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: Fix Committed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Cannot change mac with --random

Status in macchanger package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in macchanger source package in Trusty:
  Won't Fix
Status in macchanger source package in Wily:
  Fix Released
Status in macchanger source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in macchanger package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  A bad patch prevents the --random option from working at all.

  This was corrected in Debian, and in newer Ubuntu releases, but has
  not been corrected in Trusty. This SRU contains the corrected patch.

  [Test Case]
  - Use --random option
  - See if MAC changed or if resulted in error message

  [Regression Potential]
  Since this code simply doesn't work at all at the moment, the only regression would be for it to crash instead of not printing the error message.

  
  Original description:

  Hello,

  macchanger works only when I'm specifying which MAC to use. Using
  macchanger with --random always return 'It's the same MAC!!'.

  I think I find out why, there's something in this patch made to
  improve random MAC generation :

  http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-
  branches/ubuntu/trusty/macchanger/trusty/view/head:/debian/patches/08-fix_random_MAC_choice.patch

  In mc_mac_random()
  - 'mac' argument is saved into 'newmac', on the stack (line 40)
  - the MAC is randomized and every byte of 'mac' is changed (line 48...)
  - 'mac' is overwritten by 'newmac' value (line 82)

  Thank you

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