--- Lib/tempfile.py-	Fri Apr 16 15:22:41 1999
+++ Lib/tempfile.py	Fri Apr 16 15:23:16 1999
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         pwd = os.getcwd()
     except (AttributeError, os.error):
         pwd = os.curdir
-    attempdirs = ['/usr/tmp', '/tmp', pwd]
+    attempdirs = ['/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/tmp', pwd]
     if os.name == 'nt':
         attempdirs.insert(0, 'C:\\TEMP')
         attempdirs.insert(0, '\\TEMP')