From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: unicode build: "comparison is always true" warnings Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:30:08 +0100 Message-ID: <4747EF20.7050604@swipnet.se> References: <87oddltv7f.fsf@everybody.org> <87hcjcoo2x.fsf@everybody.org> <87wss8mypv.fsf@everybody.org> <87sl2wmmyk.fsf@everybody.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195896686 10395 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2007 09:31:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:31:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Mark A. Hershberger" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 24 10:31:32 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IvrMJ-000277-SL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:31:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IvrM5-00084I-BB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:31:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IvrLz-00080m-6F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:31:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IvrLy-0007zq-Fi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:31:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IvrLy-0007ze-99 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:31:10 -0500 Original-Received: from av6-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net ([81.228.9.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IvrLx-0008Ac-P9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:31:09 -0500 Original-Received: by av6-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id B290638587; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:31:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.102]) by av6-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7886D383C5; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:31:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from husetbladh.homeip.net (90-231-102-24-no59.tbcn.telia.com [90.231.102.24]) by smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3829737E42; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:31:08 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:84035 Archived-At: From the man page of mktemp: Since on the one hand the names are easy to guess, and on the other hand there is a race between test- ing whether the name exists and opening the file, every use of mktemp() is a security risk. The race is avoided by mkstemp(3). Andreas Schwab skrev: > mah@everybody.org (Mark A. Hershberger) writes: > >> Andreas Schwab writes: >> >>> Please tell me what you think is unsecure here? >> mktemp > > Please expand. >