Debian Bug report logs - #363518
manpages-dev: tmpfile.3 is confusing

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Package: manpages-dev; Maintainer for manpages-dev is Dr. Tobias Quathamer <[email protected]>; Source for manpages-dev is src:manpages (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <[email protected]>

Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:18:22 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed-upstream

Found in version manpages-dev/2.22-1

Fixed in versions manpages/2.28-1, manpages/2.31-1

Done: Martin Schulze <[email protected]>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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tags 363518 fixed-upstream
thanks

> The man page says:
> 
>  "The tmpfile() function generates a unique temporary filename."
> 
> This is true, but largely irrelevant: there's no (legal) way to get at
> the name. Since this a rather difficult area (tmpname, tempnam,
> mkstemp &c.), clarity helps.
> 
> I suggest rewriting the first two sentences as:
> 
>   The tmpfile() opens a unique temporary file in binary read/write
>   (w+b) mode.
> 
> The generation of a unique filename is mentioned later (with reference
> to errors); that's fine.

Reuben,

Thanks for your report.  I agree and have amended upstream as 
you suggest.  Fixed in upstream 2.31.

Cheers,

Michael

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