To safely create /tmp work areas from shell scripts you need the
C program "mktemp" originally from OpenBSD. Not everyone has it
> should not be used for temporary storage. /lib'd be mounted ro on my
> systems if it weren't for the fact that it's on the same partition as
Stop and think a bit. If you cannot write to /lib because its mounted
read only then how the _hell_ are you going to install your new modules
I assure you that make modules_install does not use dd on the raw disk
to sneak them past read only mounts.
> You cannot discount a fix because it won't work on some distributions.
Indeed, but there is no reason to make 50% of the userbase with such
distributions post to linux-kernel for the next 6 months if its not needed
Alan
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