On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Bernd Salbrechter wrote:
> Why not honore $TMPDIR or at least prefere /var/tmp over /tmp?
...
> My favorite way to find out where to put temporary files in will be:
>   1. Check a package (proam) specific environmet variable, if you realy
>      resits in need that.
>   2. Check $TMPDIR.
>   3. Type /var/tmp.
>   4. If none of the previous work, use /tmp.

>From pkg_install/lib/pen.c, we search:
1. $PKG_TMPDIR
2. $TPMDIR
3. /var/tmp
4. /tmp
5. /usr/tmp

Should be enough for everyone... (this was always there!)


 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>