On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:04:22PM +0200, Dirk Wetter wrote: > Am 15.08.2008 11:21, Riku Voipio schrieb: > >>mktemp /tmp/$0.$$.XXXXX > > > >The problem here is that you are using too short template. Try: > > > >mktemp /tmp/$0.$$.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > The problem with that is that scripts with X>=6 are not portable > to other Unices.
You seem to be under the iimpression that only Debian's mktemp behaves this way and that mktemp is standard. See www.mktemp.org Since mktemp is not standard, so the portabity argument is a bit moot. The mktemp debian uses comes from openbsd. Another common implementation comes from coreutils. The coreutils implemntation supports more than 6>=X, so I guess there is some other implementation that for some weird reason has that limit. Whatever the case, you will need ifdef anyway to deal with all the unixes that don't ship with mktemp. > Ok, so it would be great if you could fix that. Certainly, but I disagree with alarmist reporting. Previously unknown security bugs should be reported over private mail to either the security team or upstream authors directly. -- "rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
