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diff --git a/lib/mkstemp.c b/lib/mkstemp.c
index ccf7a7bee..20486378c 100644
--- a/lib/mkstemp.c
+++ b/lib/mkstemp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2001, 2005-2007, 2009-2012 Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc.
    This file is derived from the one in the GNU C Library.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@
 #if !_LIBC
 # include "tempname.h"
 # define __gen_tempname gen_tempname
-# define __GT_FILE GT_FILE
+# ifndef __GT_FILE
+#  define __GT_FILE GT_FILE
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -32,13 +35,16 @@
 # define __GT_FILE 0
 #endif
 
-/* Generate a unique temporary file name from TEMPLATE.
-   The last six characters of TEMPLATE must be "XXXXXX";
+/* Generate a unique temporary file name from XTEMPLATE.
+   The last six characters of XTEMPLATE must be "XXXXXX";
    they are replaced with a string that makes the file name unique.
-   Then open the file and return a fd. */
+   Then open the file and return a fd.
+
+   If you are creating temporary files which will later be removed,
+   consider using the clean-temp module, which avoids several pitfalls
+   of using mkstemp directly. */
 int
-mkstemp (template)
-     char *template;
+mkstemp (char *xtemplate)
 {
-  return __gen_tempname (template, 0, __GT_FILE);
+  return __gen_tempname (xtemplate, 0, 0, __GT_FILE);
 }