Hi, all,

I just noticed that /bin/updatedb (from findutils) and /bin/bzdiff (from
bzip2) use "tempfile", which is non-POSIX, and is missing under Cygwin.
The fact that tempfile is missing was reported as early as a year and a
half ago (<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-01/msg00876.html>), but the
main point is that the scripts aren't portable.  For a fix, see how
/bin/vimtutor and /bin/bashbug do it.  I'd be happy to provide the actual
patches if needed, but they will probably need to be relayed upstream,
which is where the maintainers come in.
        Igor
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