--- findutils-4.2.4/locate/updatedb.sh.orig	2004-11-08 01:41:48.000000000 +0100
+++ findutils-4.2.4/locate/updatedb.sh	2004-11-09 00:00:15.469313808 +0100
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@
 fi
 export TMPDIR
 
+if test -x /bin/mktemp; then
+  : ${MKTEMP=/bin/mktemp}
+else
+  : ${MKTEMP=/bin/touch}
+fi
+
 # The user to search network directories as.
 : ${NETUSER=daemon}
 
@@ -161,6 +167,11 @@
 
 if test $old = no; then
 
+NEW_LOCATE_DB=`$MKTEMP $LOCATE_DB.n.XXXXXX` || {
+  echo "could not create temporary locate db" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
 # FIXME figure out how to sort null-terminated strings, and use -print0.
 if {
 cd "$changeto"
@@ -192,7 +203,7 @@
     exit $?
   fi
 fi
-} | $sort -f | $frcode $frcode_options > $LOCATE_DB.n
+} | $sort -f | $frcode $frcode_options > $NEW_LOCATE_DB
 then
     # OK so far
     true
@@ -205,29 +216,29 @@
 
 # To avoid breaking locate while this script is running, put the
 # results in a temp file, then rename it atomically.
-if test -s $LOCATE_DB.n; then
+if test -s $NEW_LOCATE_DB; then
   rm -f $LOCATE_DB
-  mv $LOCATE_DB.n $LOCATE_DB
+  mv $NEW_LOCATE_DB $LOCATE_DB
   chmod 644 $LOCATE_DB
 else
   echo "updatedb: new database would be empty" >&2
-  rm -f $LOCATE_DB.n
+  rm -f $NEW_LOCATE_DB
 fi
 
 else # old
 
-if ! bigrams=`tempfile -p updatedb`; then
+if ! bigrams=`$MKTEMP $TMPDIR/f.bigrams$$XXXXXX`; then
     echo tempfile failed
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! filelist=`tempfile -p updatedb`; then
+if ! filelist=`$MKTEMP $TMPDIR/f.list$$XXXXXX`; then
     echo tempfile failed
     exit 1
 fi
 
-rm -f $LOCATE_DB.n
-trap 'rm -f $bigrams $filelist $LOCATE_DB.n; exit' HUP TERM
+rm -f $NEW_LOCATE_DB
+trap 'rm -f $bigrams $filelist $NEW_LOCATE_DB; exit' HUP TERM
 
 # Alphabetize subdirectories before file entries using tr.  James Woods says:
 # "to get everything in monotonic collating sequence, to avoid some
@@ -269,19 +280,19 @@
   awk '{ if (NR <= 128) print $2 }' | tr -d '\012' > $bigrams
 
 # Code the file list.
-$code $bigrams < $filelist > $LOCATE_DB.n
+$code $bigrams < $filelist > $NEW_LOCATE_DB
 
 rm -f $bigrams $filelist
 
 # To reduce the chances of breaking locate while this script is running,
 # put the results in a temp file, then rename it atomically.
-if test -s $LOCATE_DB.n; then
+if test -s $NEW_LOCATE_DB; then
   rm -f $LOCATE_DB
-  mv $LOCATE_DB.n $LOCATE_DB
+  mv $NEW_LOCATE_DB $LOCATE_DB
   chmod 644 $LOCATE_DB
 else
   echo "updatedb: new database would be empty" >&2
-  rm -f $LOCATE_DB.n
+  rm -f $NEW_LOCATE_DB
 fi
 
 fi