Re: dmake in debian

[Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 08:01:58PM +0200, Florent Rougon wrote:
> Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es> wrote:
> 
> > sysintf.o: In function `Get_temp':
> > sysintf.o(.text+0x5fc): the use of `tempnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
> 
> Ahem. And what do I read in mkstemp's man page? ;-)
> 
>        Don't use this function, use tmpfile(3) instead. It's bet­
>        ter defined and more portable.

more fun, from glibc documentation:

	Older Unix systems did not have the functions just described.
[this includes tmpfile]
	Instead they used `mktemp' and `mkstemp'.

so mkstemp is likely more portable.

anyway, if you don't care about identifying that file in /tmp my
guess is that tmpfile is faster.

cheers,

-- 
Robert Millan

"5 years from now everyone will be running
free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5"

              Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 30 Jan 1992