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Re: tmpnam and mkstemp
- To: habib <hkrit at openave dot com>
- Subject: Re: tmpnam and mkstemp
- From: Chmouel Boudjnah <chmouel at mandrakesoft dot com>
- Date: 23 Jan 2001 18:35:58 +0000
- Cc: "gnu.org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- References: <3A6DBD2F.3A797F62@openave.com>
habib <hkrit@openave.com> writes:
> I get this surprising diagnostic:
>
> the use of `tmpnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
>
> when compiling code that uses the ANSI-C function tmpnam()
> with gcc 2.95.2 on redhat 7. I did not use to get this diagnostic
> with egcs 1.1.2.
>
> Is anybody else experiencing this? What might be causing it?
the linker, it's an information to let you know to use more secure tmp
functions.
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