3 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 7fbe4d604..efbf7aaf4 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);
+}
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
index e9a9aab28..e752e9621 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ bool DirectoryExists(std::string const &Path) __attrib_const;
 bool CreateDirectory(std::string const &Parent, std::string const &Path);
 time_t GetModificationTime(std::string const &Path);
 
+std::string GetTempDir();
+
 /** \brief Ensure the existence of the given Path
  *
  *  \param Parent directory of the Path directory - a trailing
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc
index f47e7ea48..f57a72d86 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include<apt-pkg/configuration.h>
 #include<apt-pkg/error.h>
@@ -21,16 +22,9 @@
 									/*}}}*/
 static char * GenerateTemporaryFileTemplate(const char *basename)	/*{{{*/
 {
-   const char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
-#ifdef P_tmpdir
-   if (!tmpdir)
-      tmpdir = P_tmpdir;
-#endif
-   if (!tmpdir)
-      tmpdir = "/tmp";
-
    std::string out;
-   strprintf(out,  "%s/%s.XXXXXX", tmpdir, basename);
+   std::string tmpdir = GetTempDir();
+   strprintf(out,  "%s/%s.XXXXXX", tmpdir.c_str(), basename);
    return strdup(out.c_str());
 }
 									/*}}}*/