On Sun, 2021-12-26 at 09:44 +0000, Marek Szuba wrote: > > On 13 December 2021 17:24:18 UTC, Mart Raudsepp <l...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > Actually I kind of preferred a static name over straight mktemp, > > because emktemp supported other cases than a pure mktemp usage does. > > But I don't know if it could ever clash things in some weird > > situations. > > That last part is the message I tried to convey in my e-mail, sorry if I > wasn't clear enough. > > Anyway, could anyone with more Postage/PMS experience weigh in on this? If it > is indeed safe then the eclass could be modified further, e.g. to use static > names with EAPI-8+ but stick with mktemp for older EAPIs just to be safe.
I suppose it's not specified strictly but T should be safe for all sane uses. If it weren't, we'd already be in deep trouble and gnome2-utils would be the least of our concerns. That said, making this EAPI-conditional is just an unnecessary complexity. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
