[Dev-luatex] mkstemp or similar in lua(tex)

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Sat Nov 17 20:43:10 CET 2007


On Sa, 17 Nov 2007, Martin Schröder wrote:
>      For this reason, ld(1) will output a warning message whenever it links
>      code that uses mktemp().
> 
>      The mkdtemp() and mkstemps() functions are non-standard and should not be
>      used if portability is required.

Hmm, so there is the option between portability and security, grrrrr.

Best wishes

Norbert

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