On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 6:45 AM, Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> wrote:
> [David Jones reported this in http://bugs.gnu.org/20002]
> Thank you for the report.
> That was indeed a bug.
> I have attached the patch I expect to push:
>
> [PATCH] sed -i: don't leave behind a temporary sedXXXXXX file
>
> For example, running a command like "sed -i s//b/ F" would fail
> to remove a temporary file named sedXXXXXX (for random XXXXXX)
> in the directory alongside F.
> * sed/sed.c (G_file_to_unlink): New global.
> (register_cleanup_file, cancel_cleanup, cleanup): New functions.
> (main): Call atexit.
> * sed/execute.c (open_next_file): Register for unlink.
> (closedown): Call cancel_cleanup right after the rename.
> * sed/sed.h: Declare two of the new functions.
> * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
> * testsuite/temp-file-cleanup.sh: New file.  Test for this.
> * testsuite/Makefile.am (T): Add it.
> Reported by David Jones in http://bugs.gnu.org/20002.

This required the following fix-up patch: