On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 02:55:48PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > mktemp uses exactly 6 Xs from its template. This is contrary to what the > manual page says and quite surprising, especially given that the default > template contains 10 Xs: > > $ mktemp > /tmp/tmp.XXXXH467oR > $ mktemp > /tmp/tmp.XXXXaWVaKe > $ mktemp > /tmp/tmp.XXXX6a4fkS > $ mktemp > /tmp/tmp.XXXX3POQGi
Possible courses of action: 1) revert the use of libc mkstemp, fix priv_mkstemp 2) adjust documentation and default template to reflect exact 6 3) replace mktemp with coreutils's mktemp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
