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diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 130e990c3..ffb8b4b53 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -1827,3 +1827,20 @@ std::vector<std::string> Glob(std::string const &pattern, int flags)
return result;
}
/*}}}*/
+
+std::string GetTempDir()
+{
+ const char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
+
+#ifdef P_tmpdir
+ if (!tmpdir)
+ tmpdir = P_tmpdir;
+#endif
+
+ // check that tmpdir is set and exists
+ struct stat st;
+ if (!tmpdir || strlen(tmpdir) == 0 || stat(tmpdir, &st) != 0)
+ tmpdir = "/tmp";
+
+ return string(tmpdir);
+}