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Synopsis	Updated mktemp packages available

Advisory ID	RHSA-2001:070-02

Issue Date	2001-05-15

Updated On	2001-05-21

Product	Red Hat Linux

Keywords	mktemp directory creation -d

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1. Topic:

The version of mktemp shipped with Red Hat Linux prior to version 7 does
not support creating temporary directories.

2. Problem description:

Older versions of mktemp don't support the "-d" parameter to create
temporary directories safely.

3. Bug IDs fixed: (see bugzilla for more information)

4. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 5.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc

5. RPMs required:

6. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 94ea90c56aa2c048913c1671f44a6cf5 5.2/en/os/SRPMS/mktemp-1.5-2.1.5x.src.rpm
07cc49b2258e6ce4f00bded444ee3d00 5.2/en/os/alpha/mktemp-1.5-2.1.5x.alpha.rpm
862bf906743dba738210d8e7644e2cd3 5.2/en/os/i386/mktemp-1.5-2.1.5x.i386.rpm
b37d318692785b7d5120fd194c1f07b2 5.2/en/os/sparc/mktemp-1.5-2.1.5x.sparc.rpm
834ae7978e494618ae0efd9bf762dea9 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/mktemp-1.5-2.1.6x.src.rpm
85775d4f8a7a5443010018dfdfc5d69e 6.2/en/os/alpha/mktemp-1.5-2.1.6x.alpha.rpm
e3e46dea469df08b98934713b7dfc129 6.2/en/os/i386/mktemp-1.5-2.1.6x.i386.rpm
8dcb3ffc8b48f9d50a4e4976f7f00f5b 6.2/en/os/sparc/mktemp-1.5-2.1.6x.sparc.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/about/contact.html

You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig filename

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename

Note that you need RPM >= 3.0 to check GnuPG keys.

8. References: