[Bug ld/272] New: misleading warning message on linking with tmpnam()

[nuclear at siggraph dot org]

When linking a program that contains a call to tmpnam() of the standard library
there is a misleading warning message: 
"warning: the use of `tmpnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'"

It is misleading because tmpnam and mkstemp are *not* equivalent, tmpnam() just
creates a unique name, while mkstemp() creates a temporary file.
Sure tmpnam() can be used by someone to get a filename to be used for creating
temporary files, but it certenly can be used in other contexts as well for
unique name creation, in which case mkstemp() is *not* a substitute, and the
warning is just annoying.

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           Summary: misleading warning message on linking with tmpnam()
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.14
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: nuclear at siggraph dot org
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=272

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