I installed this: 2006-09-20 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Import this patch from libc: 2006-04-07 Ulrich Drepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * lib/tempname.c (__gen_tempname): Change attempts_min into a macro. Use preprocessor to decide how to initialize attempts [Coverity CID 67]. --- lib/tempname.c 13 Sep 2006 22:38:14 -0000 1.20 +++ lib/tempname.c 20 Sep 2006 18:37:27 -0000 @@ -213,11 +213,15 @@ necessary to try all these combinations. Instead if a reasonable number of names is tried (we define reasonable as 62**3) fail to give the system administrator the chance to remove the problems. */ - unsigned int attempts_min = 62 * 62 * 62; +#define ATTEMPTS_MIN (62 * 62 * 62) /* The number of times to attempt to generate a temporary file. To conform to POSIX, this must be no smaller than TMP_MAX. */ - unsigned int attempts = attempts_min < TMP_MAX ? TMP_MAX : attempts_min; +#if ATTEMPTS_MIN < TMP_MAX + unsigned int attempts = TMP_MAX; +#else + unsigned int attempts = ATTEMPTS_MIN; +#endif len = strlen (tmpl); if (len < 6 || strcmp (&tmpl[len - 6], "XXXXXX"))