On Mar 27, 2000, Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> my proposal is to support `mktemp -d', and only `mktemp -d', no
> juggling with mktemp for each file.
> If the system on which Autoconf runs does not support `mktemp -d',
> then (umask 077 && mkdir $$).
> That sounds quite reasonable to me.
I have a feeling that using directories may be slightly safer or less
safe, but I can't seem to decide which one, so I think I'm ok with it
too ;-)
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