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Re: libtool /tmp security


--- Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> wrote:
> >>>>> "Earnie" == Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> >> Let it be for speed issues, I'm in favor of /tmp via TMPDIR.  This
> 
> Earnie> You missed the point; /tmp isn't portable, it doesn't always
> Earnie> exist (E.G.: MSDOS or WINDOWS).  At least with TMPDIR I can
> Earnie> set it to be whatever I want it to be.
> 
> That's precisely what I meant, and Alexandre also demonstrated it is
> required for Libtool.
> 

Ah, thanks.

> Earnie> If you want speed do mkdir ./foo instead of mkdir -m /tmp/foo.
> 
> Nope, I'm talking about possibly mounted src dirs, while /tmp is
> local, so faster.
> 

Ok, I understand.  But you need to default to ./ if both /tmp and TMPDIR are
non-existant.
 

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