> No. Bill gave a wrong answer. He ignored in the fact that java.io.tmpdirand > javax.servlet.context.tempdir are equivalent in implementation in Tomcat, > and that to be compliant, Tomcat has to make java.io.tmpdir writable.
File.createTempFile spec says that if a dir is not specified, the file must be created based on java.io.tempdir - which probably means it must be writable. Expressing frustration and anger can be healthy for you and maybe for the community - but it can't change much in terms of time people have to deal with the bugs and the user requests. Costin
