From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:13:51 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [ID 20001214.003] [PATCH bleadperl] POSIX::tmpnam() is dangerous
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[ID 20001214.003] [PATCH bleadperl] POSIX::tmpnam() is dangerous
Message-Id: <p04320407b65e3f4853aa@[192.168.1.4]>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8111
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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<File::Temp>.
+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<File::Temp>.
 
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