Debian bug report logs - #1684 fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX Package: fvwm ; Reported by: Austin Donnelly ; Done: Austin Donnelly . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From cam.ac.uk!and1000 Sat Oct 28 11:47:53 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t9GIL-000EEFC; Sat, 28 Oct 95 11:47 PDT Received: from black.csi.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21547 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:47:15 -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 m0t9GI2-000CCQC; Sat, 28 Oct 95 18:47 GMT Received: by valour.pem.cam.ac.uk id m0t9GHz-000z67C (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 28 Oct 95 18:47 GMT Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:47:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Austin Donnelly X-Sender: and1000@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk To: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com Subject: Bug#1684: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Fixed in fvwm-1.24r-8 Austin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to Austin Donnelly : Bug acknowledged by developer. 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Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cam.ac.uk!and1000 Fri Oct 20 17:55:34 1995 Return-Path: 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 Subject: Re: Bug#1684: fvwm creates /tmp/fvwmrcXXXX - fixed: patch included 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') ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Austin Donnelly : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1684 ; Package fvwm . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Austin Donnelly : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1684 ; Package fvwm . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov