Debian bug report logs - #1684, boring messages

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Package: fvwm
Version: 1.24r-7

Fvwm creates /tmnp/fvwmrcXXXX while parsing the .fvwmrc file - but
it's owned by the person who's running fvwm, meaning that no two
people can run fvwm simultaneously.

Austin

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I've had a look at this bug: its some pretty dire code in the section
the reads your .fvwmrc.

I submit the following patch to fix the problem.

Austin

--- configure.c.old	Fri Oct 20 16:48:44 1995
+++ configure.c	Fri Oct 20 21:36:12 1995
@@ -1979,12 +1979,10 @@
     /* Generate a temporary filename.  Honor the TMPDIR environment variable,
        if set. Hope nobody deletes this file! */

-    if ((vc=getenv("TMPDIR"))) {
-      strcpy(tmp_name, vc);
-    } else {
-      strcpy(tmp_name, "/tmp");
+    if ((vc=getenv("TMPDIR")) == NULL) {
+      vc = "/tmp";
     }
-    strcat(tmp_name, "/fvwmrcXXXXX");
+    sprintf(tmp_name, "%s/fvwmrc.%05d", vc, getpid());
     mktemp(tmp_name);

     if (*tmp_name == '\0')

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Package: fvwm
Version: 1.24r-7

Fvwm creates /tmnp/fvwmrcXXXX while parsing the .fvwmrc file - but
it's owned by the person who's running fvwm, meaning that no two
people can run fvwm simultaneously.

Austin

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Subject: Bug#1684 acknowledged by developer (was: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX)
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