Debian bug report logs - #1684 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1684: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX Reply-To: Austin Donnelly , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Austin Donnelly Orignal-Sender: and1000@thor.cam.ac.uk (Austin Donnelly) Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:48:08 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: fvwm X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:48:08 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:47:42 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4dhQ-00063gC; Sun, 15 Oct 95 17:46 PDT Received: from hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28173 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 15 Oct 1995 17:46:17 -0700 Received: by hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #77) id m0t4dhM-000JfVC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 01:46 BST Sender: and1000@thor.cam.ac.uk (Austin Donnelly) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:46:36 +0100 (BST) From: Austin Donnelly X-Sender: and1000@hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Austin Donnelly Subject: Bug#1684: Acknowledgement (was: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1684" or "Re: Bug#1684" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1684: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX - fixed: patch included Reply-To: Austin Donnelly , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Austin Donnelly Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:03:05 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: fvwm X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:03:05 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:57:10 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t6SDl-000BWzC; Fri, 20 Oct 95 17:55 PDT Received: from black.csi.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA07188 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 20 Oct 1995 17:55:06 -0700 Received: from valour.pem.cam.ac.uk [131.111.200.47] (ident = root) by black.csi.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t6SDf-000CBnC; Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:55 BST Received: by valour.pem.cam.ac.uk id m0t6SDl-000z5NC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:55 BST Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:55:33 +0100 (BST) From: Austin Donnelly X-Sender: and1000@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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') ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Austin Donnelly Subject: Bug#1684: Info received (was Bug#1684: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX - fixed: patch included) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1684" or "Re: Bug#1684" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Austin Donnelly In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Bug#1684: marked as done (was: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX) Your message dated Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:47:31 +0000 (GMT) with message-id and subject line Bug#1684: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:47:42 GMT From thor.cam.ac.uk!and1000 Sun Oct 15 17:46:40 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4dhQ-00063gC; Sun, 15 Oct 95 17:46 PDT Received: from hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28173 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 15 Oct 1995 17:46:17 -0700 Received: by hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #77) id m0t4dhM-000JfVC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 01:46 BST Sender: and1000@thor.cam.ac.uk (Austin Donnelly) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:46:36 +0100 (BST) From: Austin Donnelly X-Sender: and1000@hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Austin Donnelly Subject: Bug#1684 acknowledged by developer (was: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX) References: In-Reply-To: This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely Austin Donnelly . You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov