Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp

[Jim Spath (Webmaster Jim)]

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Mark H. Wood wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Doug Kaufman wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Mark H. Wood wrote:
> > > > Set "LYNX_TEMP_SPACE" to the directory you want in your environment.
> > > Instead of the standard TMPDIR ?  :-(
> > The /tmp/ directory is hardcoded into lynx at time of compilation in
> > USERDEFS.H. See this extract:
> So should I roll up my sleeves and fix this, or will I be met with a 
> storm of protest?  The TEMP_SPACE compiletime variable should at most be 
> used as a fallback if tempnam(3) is unavailable on the system built for.  
> (tempnam(3) will follow the environment variable TMPDIR if you define it, 
> or a given directory if not NULL, or the value of the Posix symbol 
> P_tmpdir, or "/tmp", in that order.)  I wouldn't *remove* 
> LYNX_TEMP_SPACE, of course, but it shouldn't be needed and could be 
> marked as a deprecated feature to be removed someday.

Sounds like a good idea.  Perhaps the first thing to do would be to
construct (or borrow) a configure test so that the standard approach is to
use tempnam().

On the other hand, see the archives about the security risks of using /tmp
for storing Lynx temporary files....

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