Joe Ciccone wrote:
> char *tempbase;
> int main (int argc, char **argv)
> {
> char wtmp[] = "txidxXXXXXX";
> tempbase = mktemp (wtmp);
> return 0;
> }
>
> the program above doesnt segfault.
> information was from:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1999/10/msg02102.html
> "Using the brackets ("[]") here forces the allocation of an array big
>
> enough to hold the initializer value ("/tmp/tmpfileXXXXXX" with trailing
> NUL character). With the "char *" you're only allocating a pointer and
> telling it to point to a string constant (which is in read-only memory)."
Good spot. It looks like our patch to texinfo to "fix" the mktemp issue
may need a patch! I'll take a look at changing it.
-- Bruce
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