-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert,
I agree Mutt should be fixed to create its temporary files in non-predictable fashion. That mutt honours TMPDIR provides a work-around, not the solution for Mutt. > Besides, given the choice between the following two options: > > 1) One-time fix applied by upstream developer; by extenension, present > in all future releases. For this package only... > 2) Work around in ~/.bashrc (or equivalent) that must be applied to > every system accessed. (Think a year or two down the road when you get > an account on a new machine). The flip-side of (2) is that the user avoids this class of problem for many different packages, present and future. Setting TMPDIR is a good solution for the user - all software honouring this variable will nwo avoid all the issues of the shared /tmp. > I would say that that option 1 has major advantages: > > 1) Requires one person to do one thing to fix. > 2) Less error prone/open to peer review. > 3) Is not dependent on a specific user action. I like doing both - defence in depth, you know ;) I largely agree with you; however, I felt that as TMPDIR is a solution to the entire class of shared /tmp problems, it's worth mentioning. Yours sincerely, - -- Mark John Suter | I know that you believe you understand [EMAIL PROTECTED] | what you think I said, but I am not sure gpg key id 2C71D63D | you realise that what you heard is not mobile 0411 262 316 | what I meant. Robert J. McCloskey -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Check Keyservers or http://zwitterion.org/keys/ iD8DBQFCm9/jRYso2ixx1j0RApPkAJ0fhNl0oI9pXn6AGceJY6+xceyhIQCfUapn z+44G3LzGLrsp0DDAZ4oi7Q= =UjHJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
