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Re: Possible make_oidjoins_check Security Issue - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Possible make_oidjoins_check Security Issue
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Msg-id 29923.1098246671@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Possible make_oidjoins_check Security Issue  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl> writes:
> Better, use mktemp(1).  The thread testing script already does it IIRC.

There are only two uses of mktemp(1) in our source tree: configure and
config.guess.  Both were gotten from elsewhere, and both jump through
some seriously unreadable hoops in order to achieve allegedly-portable
behavior.  mktemp(1) is simply not portable :-( ... the Single Unix Spec
refuses to touch it at all ...
        regards, tom lane

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