From 60cba15a811438a2d052d1c9747a334fc770974d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominic Dunlop Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:13:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [ID 20001214.003] [PATCH bleadperl] POSIX::tmpnam() is dangerous Message-Id: p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8111 --- ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod b/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod index e93fb74..10199e9 100644 --- a/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod +++ b/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod @@ -1438,7 +1438,9 @@ Returns a name for a temporary file. $tmpfile = POSIX::tmpnam(); -See also L. +For security reasons, which are probably detailed in your system's +documentation for the C library tmpnam() function, this interface +should not be used; instead see L. =item tolower -- 2.7.4