Re: [PATCH] Fix some temp file issues

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 21:23:53 -0700
> Cc: bug-make@gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> 
> On 2022-10-08 21:19, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I meant the "b" part, not the "+" part.  On systems where that changes
> > the bytestream written to the file, the change might require a
> > suitable change where we read that stuff.
> 
> If I understand things correctly the code was formerly using tmpfile 
> which does use "b", so I figured "b" was fine.

Ah, okay.  Then I guess there's no problem after all.

> Another way to think about it: GNU 'make' just writes text to the file. 
> On MS-Windows if you're writing text using "b" doesn't a later read by 
> another process work regardless of whether the read uses "b"?

If the difference is only in EOL format, yes.  But "b" has other
implications, such as reading beyond the first ^Z byte.  Although I
doubt that this could happen in this case.