svn commit: r240843 - head/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/timezone/share

[Devin Teske]

On Sep 23, 2012, at 8:13 PM, Doug Barton wrote:

> On 09/22/2012 15:16, Devin Teske wrote:
>> -		if : 2> /dev/null > "$_PATH_DB"; then
>> +		if true 2> /dev/null > "$_PATH_DB"; then
>> 			cat <<-EOF > "$_PATH_DB"
>> 			$zoneinfo
>> 			EOF
> 
> Is there a reason you're not using mktemp here?
> 

Hi Doug,

There is indeed a reason that mktemp is not used in this situation.

1. No possibility of a race condition, so little-to-no need for mktemp.
2. Using mktemp in a "file-truncate operation" would just be "wrong" (quoting others).
-- 
Devin

P.S. I posited your question to IRC to see what general consensus was and many agreed that mktemp is not right in this situation.

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