Re: [PATCH] install-sh: avoid (low risk) race in /tmp

Hello thomas,

Thomas Deutschmann <[email protected]> writes:

> Pavel Raiskup submitted a patch to avoid a (low risk) race
> in /tmp in April 2015 [1] which still isn't merged.
>
> Was there a reason or was it just forgotten? Maybe we can
> add it now?

Yes it has just been forgotten, if the patch is safe then yes we can
apply it for 1.16.1.

> It is currently present in Red Hat, Debian and Gentoo 
> (haven't checked more distributions).
>
> See also:
> =========
> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2015-04/msg00001.html

I will take a closer look in the following days.

Thanks for reminding us.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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