--- mc-4.8.21/lib/global.h~
+++ mc-4.8.21/lib/global.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 #define PATH_SEP_STR "/"
 #define IS_PATH_SEP(c) ((c) == PATH_SEP)
 #define PATH_ENV_SEP ':'
-#define TMPDIR_DEFAULT "/tmp"
+#define TMPDIR_DEFAULT "/var/tmp"
 #define SCRIPT_SUFFIX ""
 #define get_default_editor() "vi"
 #define OS_SORT_CASE_SENSITIVE_DEFAULT TRUE
--- mc-4.8.22/contrib/mc-wrapper.csh.in~
+++ mc-4.8.22/contrib/mc-wrapper.csh.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 if ($?TMPDIR) then
 	setenv MC_PWD_FILE $TMPDIR/mc-$MC_USER/mc.pwd.$$
 else
-	setenv MC_PWD_FILE /tmp/mc-$MC_USER/mc.pwd.$$
+	setenv MC_PWD_FILE /var/tmp/mc-$MC_USER/mc.pwd.$$
 endif
 
 @bindir@/mc -P "$MC_PWD_FILE" $*
--- mc-4.8.22/contrib/mc-wrapper.sh.in~
+++ mc-4.8.22/contrib/mc-wrapper.sh.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 MC_USER=`id | sed 's/[^(]*(//;s/).*//'`
-MC_PWD_FILE="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/mc-$MC_USER/mc.pwd.$$"
+MC_PWD_FILE="${TMPDIR-/var/tmp}/mc-$MC_USER/mc.pwd.$$"
 @bindir@/mc -P "$MC_PWD_FILE" "$@"
 
 if test -r "$MC_PWD_FILE"; then