Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix mktemp (remove mktemp ;)

From: Paul Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:46:58 -0700

> /usr/tmp/ ??? Hey, /usr may be mounted read-only!  Why not just use /tmp ?

Sure - that's fine to change.  Those that care will have TMPDIR set anyway.

I probably made that choice of /usr/tmp for the fallback 10 or 20 years
ago, and have never had reason to revisit it.  I have long forgotten why
I made that choice.

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