10.64. Mktemp-1.5

The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary files in shell scripts.

10.64.1. Installation of Mktemp

Many scripts still use the deprecated tempfile program, which has functionality similar to mktemp. Patch Mktemp to include a tempfile wrapper:

patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-1.5-add_tempfile-3.patch

The configure files in this package do not recognise all of the machines supported by CLFS. This patch updates config.guess and config.sub for other processors.

patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-1.5-config_update-1.patch

Prepare Mktemp for compilation:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc

The meaning of the configure option:

--with-libc

This causes the mktemp program to use the mkstemp and mkdtemp functions from the system C library.

Compile the package:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make install
make install-tempfile

10.64.2. Contents of Mktemp

Installed programs: mktemp and tempfile

Short Descriptions

mktemp

Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in scripts

tempfile

Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than mktemp; it is installed for backwards-compatibility