diff -ur am-utils-6.1.5.orig/scripts/fixrmtab.in am-utils-6.1.5/scripts/fixrmtab.in
--- am-utils-6.1.5.orig/scripts/fixrmtab.in	2006-08-18 16:24:53.000000000 -0400
+++ am-utils-6.1.5/scripts/fixrmtab.in	2006-08-18 16:31:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 #set -x
 
 RMTAB=/etc/rmtab
-TMP=/tmp/rmtab.$$
+TMP=`mktemp /tmp/rmtab.XXXXXXXX`
+if [ x"$TMP" = "x" ] ; then
+	exit 1
+fi
 
 if [ ! -f /etc/rmtab ]; then
 	exit 0