--- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> As for mkdir -m, it seems to me that
>
> (umask 700 && mkdir /tmp/foo)
>
> is just fine.
>
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Why use /tmp at all? Since autoconf is for portibility you can't really assume
that /tmp exists. Why not simply create a temporary directory in the current
working directory? IMO this would handle any security issues as well as any
race issues.
Earnie.
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