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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/globals.py9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/globals.py b/lib/spack/spack/globals.py
index 096c1334f5..9fc40845b0 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/globals.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/globals.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
##############################################################################
import os
+import tempfile
from llnl.util.filesystem import *
@@ -92,9 +93,11 @@ use_tmp_stage = True
# Use a %u to add a username to the stage paths here, in case this
# is a shared filesystem. Spack will use the first of these paths
# that it can create.
-tmp_dirs = ['/nfs/tmp2/%u/spack-stage',
- '/var/tmp/%u/spack-stage',
- '/tmp/%u/spack-stage']
+tmp_dirs = []
+_default_tmp = tempfile.gettempdir()
+if _default_tmp != os.getcwd():
+ tmp_dirs.append(os.path.join(_default_tmp, 'spack-stage'))
+tmp_dirs.append('/nfs/tmp2/%u/spack-stage')
# Whether spack should allow installation of unsafe versions of
# software. "Unsafe" versions are ones it doesn't have a checksum