On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 01:14:12PM +0000, Andrew Ross wrote: > > The only remaining occurence of tmpnam is in drivers/tk.c where it is used to > create a temporary name for a named pipe. This can't be replaced with > pl_create_tempfile since we don't actually want to create a file. The > following > call to mkfifo will fail however if the name already exists and so this should > be safe. > > This use can be avoided altogether if you use the dp option for the tk driver > which uses sockets rather than named pipes for communication.
To follow up on my own post - I've checked the code more closely. Currently there is no way to set PLD_dp which controls this. Also it seems to use the tcl-dp package which is no longer supported. Perhaps this is not an option after all. There do appear to alternatives (for example the libtcl-udp package on debian based on tcludp). This is another example where the tcl / tk support is slowly languishing for lack of a champion. If anyone still actively uses it and is looking for a project, this could be a good candidate. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
