GNU bug report logs - #9762
tac fails when given multiple non-seekable inputs due to misuse of mkstemp()

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Ambrose Feinstein <ambrose <at> google.com>

Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ambrose Feinstein <ambrose <at> google.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 9762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9762: tac fails when given multiple non-seekable inputs due to misuse of mkstemp()
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:08:29 -0700

Thanks for the quick fix!

Aside from it requiring rearranging other code to not close the fd,
was there a reason not to reuse a single temp file?
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