rc3 feedback wanted

[Matthias Andree]

On Fri, 08 Nov 2002, Allyn Fratkin wrote:

> >Allyn Fratkin  writes:
> >>"make check" fails on hp-ux because of an incompatible mktemp...
> 
> Matthias Andree wrote:
> 
> >Euhm, "make check" should skip all tests on HP-UX.
> 
> pretend i wrote '"make check" doesn't pass on hp-ux...'.
> 
> my point was that since the tests don't pass, they are no help when trying
> to test whether 0.8.0.rc3 is working correctly.

Agreed, but I'm reluctant to change that so late in the process.
mktemp -d blah.XXXXXX creates a directory with a unique name.

you can also try to use

TMPDIR=check.$$
mkdir $TMPDIR || exit 77

instead of TMPDIR=`mktemp -d template`

but ask David first if you should do that.