Re: so-called pipe files (sh-np-*) do not get deleted when processes close.

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/16/21 8:04 AM, Michael Felt wrote:
>

> Decided to give bash-5.1 a try. I doubt it is major, but I get as far as:
>
> "../../../src/bash-5.1.0/lib/sh/tmpfile.c", line 289.11: 1506-068 (W) 
> Operation between types "char*" and "int" is not allowed.
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .mkdtemp
> ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 8.

I figured this out. There is a typo in config-bot.h that prevents
USE_MKDTEMP from being disabled if configure doesn't find it.


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