Subject: bin/1013: Problem with /usr/bin/mail in NetBSD-1.0
To: None <gnats-admin@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Tobias Weingartner <weingart@natasha.brandonu.ca>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/02/1995 10:50:04
>Number: 1013
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Problem with /usr/bin/mail in NetBSD-1.0
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue May 2 10:50:03 1995
>Originator: Tobias Weingartner
>Organization:
Bit Cave Inc.
>Release: 1.0
>Environment:
System: NetBSD natasha.brandonu.ca 1.0 NetBSD 1.0 (NATASHA) #0: Thu Dec 8 18:51:56 CST 1994 weingart@natasha.brandonu.ca:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/NATASHA i386
>Description:
/usr/bin/mail dumps core when I set TMPDIR to my own directory.
>How-To-Repeat:
mkdir ~/tmp
setenv TMPDIR ~/tmp
/usr/bin/Mail
>Fix:
Sorry, looks like the code that uses 'mktemp' will need to be changed.
However, just glancing at the code makes me shudder... ;-)
Workaround: unsetenv TMPDIR
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: