This patch lets grub-install check for both /bin/tempfile and
/bin/mktemp for tempfile creation as Red Hat Linux ships BSD mktemp
instead of tempfile.
Cheers,
Jeremy
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/grub/grub/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.452
diff -u -u -r1.452 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog 30 Dec 2001 08:23:16 -0000 1.452
+++ ChangeLog 2 Jan 2002 17:54:42 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-01-02 Jeremy Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ * util/grub-install.in: Support using mktemp as well as tempfile
+ for secure temporary file creation
+
2001-12-30 Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* stage1/stage1.S: Don't call INT 13, AH=48H, because it is
Index: util/grub-install.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/grub/grub/util/grub-install.in,v
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -u -r1.32 grub-install.in
--- util/grub-install.in 29 Dec 2001 18:53:30 -0000 1.32
+++ util/grub-install.in 2 Jan 2002 17:54:42 -0000
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
recheck=no
debug=no
+# look for secure tempfile creation wrappers on this platform
+if test -x /bin/tempfile; then
+ mkstemp="/bin/tempfile --prefix=grub"
+elif test -x /bin/mktemp; then
+ mkstemp="/bin/mktemp /tmp/grub-install.log.XXXXXX"
+else
+ mkstemp=""
+fi
+
+
# Usage: usage
# Print the usage.
usage () {
@@ -268,7 +278,7 @@
:
else
# Create a safe temporary file.
- test -x /bin/tempfile && log_file=`tempfile --prefix=grub`
+ test -n "$mkstemp" && log_file=`$mkstemp`
$grub_shell --batch --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
quit
@@ -342,7 +352,7 @@
done
# Create a safe temporary file.
-test -x /bin/tempfile && log_file=`tempfile --prefix=grub`
+test -n "$mkstemp" && log_file=`$mkstemp`
# Now perform the installation.
$grub_shell --batch --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
