Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: mi@privatelabs.com To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/19047: net/arpwatch patched to use tmpfile() instead of mktemp() Message-ID: <200006061640.JAA18782@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/19047; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: mi@privatelabs.com
To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, arpwatch@ee.lbl.gov
Subject: Re: ports/19047: net/arpwatch patched to use tmpfile() instead of
mktemp()
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 12:34:37 -0400 (EDT)
On 6 Jun, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
= Mikhail Teterin wrote:
=
= > >Synopsis: net/arpwatch patched to use tmpfile() instead of mktemp()
=
= Why not mkstemp()? According to the tmpfile() man page, this function
= may not be portable across platforms. So, probably, you have better
= chances that your patches will be accepted by the authors of arpwatch
= if you will use mkstemp() instead.
Because I need FILE * instead of a file descriptor and because I think
the name tmpfile is easier to understand then mkstemp. Also tmpfile will
obey TMPDIR environment variable and it does not need the character
template. I think, tmpfile is a better choice, although tmpfile(3)
disagrees.
All of this is hardly a big problem, but I believe the file looks nicer
and easier to read this way.
As far as the standards go, from tmpfile(3):
STANDARDS
The tmpfile() and tmpnam() functions conform to ISO 9899: 1990
(``ISO C'').
So compatability should not be a problem... Yours,
-mi
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