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Date:      Sat, 27 Oct 2001 18:27:18 +0200
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org>
To:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/xemacs-devel Makefile ports/editors/xemacs21 Makefile
Message-ID:  <200110271627.f9RGRIS50054@peedub.muc.de>
In-Reply-To: <20011027111949.C49690@hellblazer.nectar.com>
References:  <200110262246.f9QMkfU90547@freefall.freebsd.org> <200110271603.f9RG3s849784@peedub.muc.de> <20011027111949.C49690@hellblazer.nectar.com>

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On Saturday 27 October 2001 18:19, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 06:03:54PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> > On Saturday 27 October 2001 16:40, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> > > Why is /tmp being used in this way?  Use ${WRKDIR}
> > > instead, please.
> >
> > Because:
> > 1) it was the easiest fix
> > 2) /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk uses it too, which is precedent
> > and was the deciding factor for me.
>
> This is  almost certainly a mistake.   Please do not use 
> /tmp, as the permissions are unsafe.

Yeah, I just committed your suggestion after reconsidering it. I 
should have thought of that myself.

It seems that the use of /tmp in bsd.port.mk may be a mistake, 
in light of this exchange.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn garyj@jennejohn.org gj@freebsd.org

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