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Re: Why doesn't tmpfile() honor $TMPDIR?
- To: Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>
- Subject: Re: Why doesn't tmpfile() honor $TMPDIR?
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
- Date: 29 Apr 1999 12:24:15 -0700
- Cc: libc-alpha@cygnus.com
- References: <v04204e01b347de9c79a0@[206.163.71.146]>
- Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org> writes:
> In stdio-common/tmpfile{,64}.c, __path_search is called with the
> fifth argument set to 0, which causes tmpfile(), and tmpfile64() to
> use P_tmpdir.
>
> Is there a particular reason why tmpfile() and tmpfile64() should not
> be changed to call __path_search with the fifth argument set to 1, so
> that the functions do honor $TMPDIR?
Yes:
- compatibility with other systems and earlier versions
- newly introduced security risks
> I am asking because there is a long-standing bug
> (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/12/12240.html) in the Debian Bug
> Tracking System regarding this.
This is no bug in glibc.
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