Re: [PATCH] Libiberty for VMS - Non polluting names for make-temp-file.c

[Douglas B Rupp <rupp at gnat dot com>]

Richard Kenner wrote:
> > There is a SYS$TEMP on VMS, SYS$ logical names are supposed to be 
> > reserved to HP, in fact anything with a $ in it.  One could argue that 
> > GNAT is the HP standard Ada compiler on VMS and is entitled to use it. I 
> > can ask for HP's opinion and report back.
>
> That's not the way I'd interpret the "reserved to DEC [HP]" for logical
> names with $.  I'd interpret that as meaning that you aren't supposed to
> DEFINE such names, not that you aren't supposed to USE them for their
> specified meanings.  I don't see why putting temp files in SYS$TEMP
> would be a problem for ANY application.

You have to be able to define it or else what's the point?  The default 
is either the home directory or the current directory, I don't remember 
which.