Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. 'mktemp' does not need a prefixed template to work, 'mktemp whyXXXX' should work as well:
cer...@xango2:~$ /bin/mktemp whyXXXX whyev0E cer...@xango2:~$ /bin/mktemp why.XXXX why.A972 cer...@xango2:~$ /bin/mktemp --version mktemp (GNU coreutils) 7.4 Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Jim Meyering. cer...@xango2:~$ Now, on *newer* coreutils, you would also be able to use a '--suffix' parameter: cer...@xango2:~$ /usr/local/bin/mktemp --suffix=.test whyXXXX whySAE8.test cer...@xango2:~$ /usr/local/bin/mktemp --version mktemp (GNU coreutils) 8.5.51-c0cfa0 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake. cer...@xango2:~$ As such, closing INVALID (not a bug) ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- mktemp seems to need a prefixed template to work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589408 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
