On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 09:32, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 11:12:15PM +0100, Egil Kvaleberg wrote: > Certainly, on a machine where you do not allow possibly > > "aggressive" users, I'm quite sure mktemp() is quite all right. > [...] > > I have not taken a look at the code, but assuming that newsx does not > run on systems with "aggressive" users sounds wrong to me.
It is. My remark was in response to whether the preliminary fix would be suitable for a particular machine. A fix for general use "requires further analysis". > BTW quoting mkstemp(3) > | Don't use this function, use tmpfile(3) instead. It's better > | defined and more portable. OK, quoting my tmpnam(3), it says: Never use this function. Use mkstemp(3) instead. Still confused: If you have a look at tmpfile(3), you'll notice that: The standard does not specify the directory that tmpfile() will use. Wow. For spooling of news, the entire point of the exercise is to place the file in a specific directory. The "quick" remarks under BUGS and NOTES are just that, quick remarks. They make a number of assumptions that does not necessarily apply for any given situation at all. Conclusion: I will look at this a but more, and propose something that should be the one thing that brings us from 1.5pre to 1.5 ;-) Egil -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice/videophone: +47 22523641 Voice: +47 92022780 Fax: +47 22525899 Mail: Egil Kvaleberg, Husebybakken 14A, 0379 Oslo, Norway Home: http://www.kvaleberg.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been sent to you because you are subcribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from this lists, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing "unsubscribe newsx <your_email_address>" in the message body.
