Package: debianutils Version: 3.4 Severity: minor It's never clear to me whether new code should use tempfile or mktemp. Trawling the Internet suggests that mktemp is preferred and tempfile is deprecated. If the Debian maintainers agree, the man page for tempfile should say that it is deprecated. If the Debian maintainers *disagree*, then the man page should say that on *Debian* systems, tempfile is preferred.
Either way, developers need guidance. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages debianutils depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii sensible-utils 0.0.4 Utilities for sensible alternative debianutils recommends no packages. debianutils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
