--- a/lib/ChangeLog	Wed Sep 20 20:16:48 2006 +0000
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog	Wed Sep 20 20:18:02 2006 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2006-09-20  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* mkdtemp.c: Import from libc.
+	2006-04-07  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+		* sysdeps/posix/tempname.c (__gen_tempname): Change
+		attempts_min into a macro.  Use preprocessor to decide how to
+		initialize attempts [Coverity CID 67].
+	2001-11-27  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
+		* sysdeps/posix/tempname.c (__gen_tempname): Try at least
+		ATTEMPTS_MIN or TMP_MAX times, whichever is greater.
+
 2006-09-20  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	* mkstemp.h: New file, since some standard headers

--- a/lib/mkdtemp.c	Wed Sep 20 20:16:48 2006 +0000
+++ b/lib/mkdtemp.c	Wed Sep 20 20:18:02 2006 +0000
@@ -114,9 +114,26 @@
   char *XXXXXX;
   static uint64_t value;
   uint64_t random_time_bits;
-  int count, fd = -1;
+  unsigned int count;
+  int fd = -1;
   int save_errno = errno;
 
+  /* A lower bound on the number of temporary files to attempt to
+     generate.  The maximum total number of temporary file names that
+     can exist for a given template is 62**6.  It should never be
+     necessary to try all these combinations.  Instead if a reasonable
+     number of names is tried (we define reasonable as 62**3) fail to
+     give the system administrator the chance to remove the problems.  */
+#define ATTEMPTS_MIN (62 * 62 * 62)
+
+  /* The number of times to attempt to generate a temporary file.  To
+     conform to POSIX, this must be no smaller than TMP_MAX.  */
+#if ATTEMPTS_MIN < TMP_MAX
+  unsigned int attempts = TMP_MAX;
+#else
+  unsigned int attempts = ATTEMPTS_MIN;
+#endif
+
   len = strlen (tmpl);
   if (len < 6 || strcmp (&tmpl[len - 6], "XXXXXX"))
     {
@@ -143,7 +160,7 @@
 #endif
   value += random_time_bits ^ __getpid ();
 
-  for (count = 0; count < TMP_MAX; value += 7777, ++count)
+  for (count = 0; count < attempts; value += 7777, ++count)
     {
       uint64_t v = value;