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Date:      Mon, 16 May 2005 21:16:03 -0700
From:      Max Okumoto <okumoto@ucsd.edu>
To:        Max Okumoto <okumoto@ucsd.edu>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make job.c
Message-ID:  <42897003.2090005@ucsd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <hfbr7ge2gu.fsf@multivac.sdsc.edu>
References:  <200505121545.j4CFjENu078768@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050512180743.6z1h22fldwksgw4w@netchild.homeip.net> <hfbr7ge2gu.fsf@multivac.sdsc.edu>

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Max Okumoto wrote:
> Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> writes:
> 
> [stuff deleted]
>  
>>For those which didn't looked at the src: he can't use mkstemp() since he
>>wants to create a fifo.
>>
>>But "making a copy" and creating mkfifo() out of it looks like overkill to
>>me. Why not using mkdtemp() and creating a fixed name in this temporary
>>directory instead?
>>
>>Bye,
>>Alexander.
> 
> 
> [stuff deleted]
> 
> Hmmm... Didn't think of that :-)  That is better way since I wouldn't
> have to maintain a my own copy of the code.  I will work up a patch.
> 
>                       Max


If I use mkdtemp(), there is a chance that someone with the
same UID could race to build the fifo. Do we care about
races with ourselves?  Or am I just being toooo paranoid? :-)


				Max



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