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[Groff] Re: Bug#216819: pic2graph included in groff is broke
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Werner LEMBERG |
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[Groff] Re: Bug#216819: pic2graph included in groff is broke |
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Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:41:38 +0100 (CET) |
> > I've applied this to the Debian package, but I feel that /tmp is
> > more commonly available on Unix systems than /usr/tmp; the FHS
> > renamed the latter to /var/tmp, although it documents /var/tmp as
> > for temporary files that need to be preserved across reboots.
>
> The FHS constructed /usr such that it can be mounted read-only. So
> /usr/tmp should not exist.
>
> The preserving action of /var/tmp makes it a special place that
> should be used with care.
>
> /tmp or some subdirectory of the user's home directory are the main
> solutions for temporary files. Though some systems have /tmp only
> with restricted writing access.
>
> Fortunately groff defines the environment variable $GROFF_TMPDIR for
> all cases.
I've fixed this for the {eqn,grap,pic}2graph programs, using
autoconf's approach; it tests the environment variables GROFF_TMPDIR,
TMPDIR, TMP, and TEMP, before falling back to `/tmp'. Please test.
Werner
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