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lynx-dev Re: Lynx for OS-X [PATCH]


From: pg
Subject: lynx-dev Re: Lynx for OS-X [PATCH]
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:53:23 -0600 (MDT)

In a recent note, address@hidden said:

> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 23:23:49 -0600 (MDT)
> 
> <SIGH>  OS X substitutes PID for the XXXXXX and attempts to create the
> file.  If creation fails, it substitutes a0, b0, ..., z0, aa, ba, ..., zz
> for the first two digits of PID until it succeeds in creating a unique file.
> Unfortunately, Lynx renames the generated file, so  mkstemp() never needs
> to roll ahead to the next name.  </SIGH>
> 
This patch simply disables mkstemp for __APPLE__.  I suppose the specific
behavior could be checked for in "configure", but I'm not that ambitious.

-- gil
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