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Re: libtool /tmp security
- To: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>
- Subject: Re: libtool /tmp security
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 08:35:07 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at lsd dot ic dot unicamp dot br>, "Gary V. Vaughan" <gary at oranda dot demon dot co dot uk>, "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>, bug-libtool at gnu dot org, autoconf at gnu dot org, automake at gnu dot org
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- 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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Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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