On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM, via RT Andy_Bach @ wiwb. uscourts.
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> config/auto/perldoc.pm uses a hardcoded, local path for a temp file to
> output perldoc -d to write to. perldoc also seems to use suid. So, if that
> file or the local fs is not writeable, the test fails even if perldoc is
> available. By changing the path to use "/tmp", at least, the test will
> succeed. On *nix. Hmm .... Okay, I guess I need to find the OS agnostic
> version of this.
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yes please. File::Temp is used throughout parrot, so there's plenty
examples to copy from.
~jerry
