On Wednesday 02 September 2009 16:13:12 Mike Kazantsev wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:12:22 +0200 > > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday 02 September 2009 01:16:10 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 2. September 2009 schrieb Nick Khamis: > > > > Hello Everyone. > > > > > > > > I am trying to update-python and I am stuck at "checking for working > > > > mkstemp....." for ever, what should I do.. This is a fresh install > > > > AMD64. > > > > > > > > Thanks in Advanced, > > > > Ninus. > > > > > > I've encountered the same and didn't know how to solve it. I found out > > > that mkstemp was some standard C function so I remerged glibc, > > > > mktemp is now in coreutils > > > > It used to be in debianutils > > > > Not glibc. > > I believe you're confusing mktemp with mkstemp, the latter being C > function indeed - man 3 mkstemp.
You are correct and I am :-) I even double checked to make sure I was on the right track and could have sworn I saw mktemp somewhere in the OPs mail... It must be this bloody flu. Makes one's eyes work poorly... -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com