--- octave-2.1.63/octave-bug.in.insecure	2004-11-05 17:19:35.000000000 +0100
+++ octave-2.1.63/octave-bug.in	2004-12-02 22:43:48.735195699 +0100
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
 export PATH
 
-TEMP=/tmp/octave-bug.$$
+TEMP=`mktemp /tmp/octave-bug.XXXXXX`
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "Failed to make temp file"; exit 1; fi
 
 : ${EDITOR=emacs}
 : ${PAGER=more}