Adjusted cf-support temp dir function to work on more UNIX platforms

head -c 8 doesn't work on hpux 11.23 that we test on currently dd count=1 bs=8 should work on all UNIX systems Ticket: ENT-9786 Changelog: title
cfengine · Dec 5, 2024 · 3f59605 · 3f59605
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diff --git a/misc/cf-support b/misc/cf-support
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ make_temp_dir()
   else
     # shellcheck disable=SC2021
     # ^^ legacy/POSIX requires square brackets
-    _tmp="/tmp/`tr -dc "[A-Z][a-z][0-9]" </dev/urandom | head -c 8`"
+    _tmp="/tmp/`tr -dc "[A-Z][a-z][0-9]" </dev/urandom | dd count=1 bs=8 2>/dev/null`"
     mkdir "$_tmp"
     echo "$_tmp"
   fi