Re: [PATCH] recreate /tmp/mc-$USER if it is deleted.

[Denis Vlasenko <vda linux googlemail com>]

On Saturday 19 May 2007 15:52, Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> > I am running a script which deletes ordinary files and directories in
> > /tmp if they are older than $THRESHOLD seconds. mc falls victim to it:
> > if I have mc running for days, /tmp/mc-$USER gets deleted and mc
> > complains that it cannot create temporary files when I, for example,
> > try to enter a .tar.gz.
> >
> > The fix is very non-intrusive and cheap (just an extra lstat). See
> > attached patch. Run tested.
> 
> A similiar patch has already been applied to CVS unfortunately it
> didn't get into the 4.6.1 release:
> 
> http://cvs.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/mc/mc/src/utilunix.c?r1=1.87&r2=1.88&diff_format=u
> 
> You might want to check the CVS version of MC - it contains many
> bugfixes and other changes.

Good.

If I understand it correctly, 4.6.1 os approx. two years old.
Are there plans to do another point release anytime soon?
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