--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-01-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	relocatable-script: remove unused code
+	Problem reported by Reuben Thomas in:
+	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-12/msg00117.html
+	* build-aux/relocatable.sh.in (func_tmpdir): Remove unused function.
+
 2014-01-01  Jim Meyering  <meyering@fb.com>
 
 	maint: fix public-submodule-commit to work with newer git

--- a/build-aux/relocatable.sh.in
+++ b/build-aux/relocatable.sh.in
@@ -22,37 +22,6 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-# func_tmpdir
-# creates a temporary directory.
-# Sets variable
-# - tmp             pathname of freshly created temporary directory
-func_tmpdir ()
-{
-  # Use the environment variable TMPDIR, falling back to /tmp. This allows
-  # users to specify a different temporary directory, for example, if their
-  # /tmp is filled up or too small.
-  : ${TMPDIR=/tmp}
-  {
-    # Use the mktemp program if available. If not available, hide the error
-    # message.
-    tmp=`(umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/glXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null` &&
-    test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp"
-  } ||
-  {
-    # Use a simple mkdir command. It is guaranteed to fail if the directory
-    # already exists.  $RANDOM is bash specific and expands to empty in shells
-    # other than bash, ksh and zsh.  Its use does not increase security;
-    # rather, it minimizes the probability of failure in a very cluttered /tmp
-    # directory.
-    tmp=$TMPDIR/gl$$-$RANDOM
-    (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp")
-  } ||
-  {
-    echo "$0: cannot create a temporary directory in $TMPDIR" >&2
-    { (exit 1); exit 1; }
-  }
-}
-
 # Support for relocatability.
 func_find_curr_installdir ()
 {