[EGCS] RE: tmpnam() core dumping

[Marc Lehmann]

> Yes, using -fwritable-strings fixes the problem.
> 
> I wonder why these functions want to modify the string that is passed to them :-)?

because it's documented that way... many functions like "working space",
which makes them thread safe.

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