diff --git a/Lrp/usr/share/shorewall/functions b/Lrp/usr/share/shorewall/functions
index 73990d0d3..dd9725275 100644
--- a/Lrp/usr/share/shorewall/functions
+++ b/Lrp/usr/share/shorewall/functions
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ mktempfile() {
 		mktemp -p $1 shorewall.XXXXXX
 		;;
 	    None)
-		mkdir $1/shorewall-$$ && echo $1/shorewall-$$
+		> $1/shorewall-$$ && echo $1/shorewall-$$
 		;;
 	    *)
 		echo "   ERROR:Internal error in mktempfile"
@@ -247,14 +247,14 @@ mktempdir() {
     [ -z "$MKTEMP" ] && find_mktemp   
      
     case "$MKTEMP" in
-	BSD)
-	    mktemp -d /tmp/shorewall.XXXXXX
-	    ;;
 	STD)
 	    mktemp -td shorewall.XXXXXX
 	    ;;
-	None)
-	    mkdir /tmp/shorewall-$$ && echo /tmp/shorewall-$$
+	None|BSD)
+	    #
+	    # Not all versions of the BSD mktemp support the -d option under Linux
+	    #
+	    mkdir /tmp/shorewall-$$ && chmod 700 /tmp/shorewall-$$ && echo /tmp/shorewall-$$
 	    ;;
 	*)
 	    echo "   ERROR:Internal error in mktempdir"
diff --git a/Lrp/usr/share/shorewall/version b/Lrp/usr/share/shorewall/version
index ad65cdd95..611e82501 100644
--- a/Lrp/usr/share/shorewall/version
+++ b/Lrp/usr/share/shorewall/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.10f
+1.4.10g
diff --git a/Shorewall-docs/errata.xml b/Shorewall-docs/errata.xml
index 06e10e3d3..db39894d6 100644
--- a/Shorewall-docs/errata.xml
+++ b/Shorewall-docs/errata.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       </author>
     </authorgroup>
 
-    <pubdate>2004-06-28</pubdate>
+    <pubdate>2004-06-30</pubdate>
 
     <copyright>
       <year>2001-2004</year>
@@ -73,6 +73,28 @@
   <section>
     <title>Problems in Version 1.4</title>
 
+    <section>
+      <title>Shorewall 1.4.10f</title>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Slackware users find that version 1.4.10f fails to start
+          because their <command>mktemp</command> utility does not support the
+          -d option. This may be corrected by installing <ulink
+          url="http://shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.4.10/functions">this
+          corrected <filename>functions</filename> file</ulink> in <filename
+          class="directory">/var/lib/shorewall/functions</filename>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Shorewall fails to start if there is no <command>mktemp</command>
+          utility.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>These problems have been corrected in Shorewall version 1.4.10g.</para>
+    </section>
+
     <section>
       <title>Shorewall 1.4.10</title>