[perl #114512] Predictable tmp file names can cause build to fail

On Mon Aug 20 04:03:24 2012, perlbug@ryandesign.com wrote:
> 
> This is a bug report for perl from perlbug@ryandesign.com,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.16.0.
> 
> 
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> If I create the directory /tmp/B (as one user, i.e. "rschmidt"),
>    building perl 5.16.0 (as a different user, i.e. "macports") fails:
> 
> Writing Makefile for B
> make[1]: Entering directory `ext/B'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `ext/B'
> Making all in ext/B
>  /usr/bin/make all PERL_CORE=1 LIBPERL_A=libperl.dylib
>    LINKTYPE=dynamic
> make[1]: Entering directory `ext/B'
> cp B/Showlex.pm ../../lib/B/Showlex.pm
> cp B.pm ../../lib/B.pm
> cp B/Concise.pm ../../lib/B/Concise.pm
> cp B/Terse.pm ../../lib/B/Terse.pm
> cp B/Xref.pm ../../lib/B/Xref.pm
> cp O.pm ../../lib/O.pm
> ../../miniperl "-I../../lib" "-I../../lib" ../../lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
>    -typemap ../../lib/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  B.xs > B.xsc
>    && mv B.xsc B.c
> /usr/bin/clang -c   -pipe -O2 -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -fno-common
>    -DPERL_DARWIN -I/opt/local/include -no-cpp-precomp
>    -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector -I/opt/local/include -O1
>    -DVERSION=\"1.34\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.34\"  "-I../.."   B.c
> clang: error: unable to make temporary file: /tmp/B: can't make unique
>    filename: Permission denied
> clang: error: unable to make temporary file: /tmp/B: can't make unique
>    filename: Permission denied
> make[1]: *** [B.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `ext/B'
> Unsuccessful make(ext/B): code=512 at make_ext.pl line 466.
> make: *** [lib/auto/B/B.bundle] Error 25
> 
> The perl build should not be trying to create temporary files of such
>    predictable and collidable names. Solving this problem is what
>    utilities like mktemp(1) are for.

I don’t have that problem with gcc.  That sounds like a clang bug.

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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