tempnam is dangerous ?

[Derek Atkins]

Nah, it's just part of a test.

The issue is that there is a potential race condition where the temp file
might get used between the time the name is created/tested and the time
the file is opened.  It's irrelevant for a test.

-derek

On Thu, August 2, 2012 1:58 pm, Robert Fewell wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Just noticed this warning on my last compile....
>
> src/backend/dbi/test/utest-backend-dbi-basic.c:43: warning: the use of
> `tempnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
>
> Should this be changed ?
>
> Bob
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