Hi,

I received the following bug report.
It actually create any files on tye system by dangling symlinking
in /tmp/test.<number> (touch follows symlinks).

Anyway as report said, I think it's better to touch /tmp itself
instead of touch /tmp/test.$$ and remove it.  
If directory is writable, touch the directory will be success, otherwise
touch will be failed. 

How about this ?

Index: etc/hotplug/ieee1394.agent
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/linux-hotplug/admin/etc/hotplug/ieee1394.agent,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -u -r1.3 ieee1394.agent
--- etc/hotplug/ieee1394.agent	4 Jan 2002 18:39:49 -0000	1.3
+++ etc/hotplug/ieee1394.agent	19 Mar 2002 01:36:56 -0000
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 
 # if called too early in booting, things break
 # (bash creates tempfiles)
-if touch /tmp/test.$$ >/dev/null 2>&1
+if touch /tmp >/dev/null 2>&1
 then
-	rm -f /tmp/test.$$
+	: ok
 else
 	mesg Need writable /tmp ...
 	exit 1

Regards,
Fumitoshi UKAI