comment on why this mktemp use is safe

diff --git a/libexec/mail.local/mail.local.c b/libexec/mail.local/mail.local.c
index 2838690..6fde3c1 100644 (file)
--- a/libexec/mail.local/mail.local.c
+++ b/libexec/mail.local/mail.local.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ char copyright[] =
 
 #ifndef lint
 /*static char sccsid[] = "from: @(#)mail.local.c       5.6 (Berkeley) 6/19/91";*/
-static char rcsid[] = "$Id: mail.local.c,v 1.8 1996/10/16 06:30:56 millert Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$Id: mail.local.c,v 1.9 1996/12/24 19:42:03 deraadt Exp $";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ baditem(path)
        if (rename(path, npath) != -1)
                err(NOTFATAL, "nasty spool item %s renamed to %s",
                    path, npath);
+       /* XXX if we fail to rename, another attempt will happen later */
 }
 
 char lpath[MAXPATHLEN];