--- Lib/tempfile.py.orig	Wed Dec  8 00:37:54 1999
+++ Lib/tempfile.py	Wed Dec  8 00:38:10 1999
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         pwd = os.getcwd()
     except (AttributeError, os.error):
         pwd = os.curdir
-    attempdirs = ['/usr/tmp', '/tmp', pwd]
+    attempdirs = ['/var/tmp', '/tmp', pwd]
     if os.name == 'nt':
         attempdirs.insert(0, 'C:\\TEMP')
         attempdirs.insert(0, '\\TEMP')
