>>>>> "Earnie" == Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Earnie> --- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -8<-
>> As for mkdir -m, it seems to me that
>>
>> (umask 700 && mkdir /tmp/foo)
Grmph, 077.
>>
>> is just fine.
>>
Earnie> -8<-
Earnie> Why use /tmp at all? Since autoconf is for portibility you
Earnie> can't really assume that /tmp exists. Why not simply create a
Earnie> temporary directory in the current working directory? IMO
Earnie> this would handle any security issues as well as any race
Earnie> issues.
Let it be for speed issues, I'm in favor of /tmp via TMPDIR. This
should be portable enough, and testing it beforehand is OK.
Now, if experts consider this is a security hole...
