--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/10 13:38:19	1.41
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/11 18:15:16	1.43
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 # 08/22,08/28,08/31,09/01,09/02,09/04,09/05,09/25,09/28,09/30 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 10/04 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 10/04 Guy Albertelli
-# 10/06,10/09,10/10 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 10/06,10/09,10/10,10/11 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -596,10 +596,11 @@ sub get {
                  $ENV{'user.home'});
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
    my %returnhash=();
+   my $i=0;
    map {
-      my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
-      $returnhash{unescape($key)}=unescape($value);
-   } @pairs;
+      $returnhash{$_}=unescape($pairs[$i]);
+      $i++;
+   } @storearr;
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
@@ -657,10 +658,11 @@ sub eget {
                  $ENV{'user.home'});
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
    my %returnhash=();
+   my $i=0;
    map {
-      my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
-      $returnhash{unescape($key)}=unescape($value);
-   } @pairs;
+      $returnhash{$_}=unescape($pairs[$i]);
+      $i++;
+   } @storearr;
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
@@ -1099,7 +1101,7 @@ sub numval {
 
 sub rndseed {
     my $symb;
-    unless ($symb=&symbread($ENV{'request.filename'})) { return ''; }
+    unless ($symb=&symbread($ENV{'request.filename'})) { return time; }
     my $symbchck=unpack("%32C*",$symb);
     my $symbseed=numval($symb)%$symbchck;
     my $namechck=unpack("%32C*",$ENV{'user.name'});