--- a/virtualenv/res/lib/lib_create_env.py Thu Dec 13 17:43:48 2012 +0100
+++ b/virtualenv/res/lib/lib_create_env.py Mon Dec 17 02:04:37 2012 +0100
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@
method = install_options.get('method', default_install_options['method'])
option_str = install_options.get('option_str', default_install_options['option_str'])
extra_env = install_options.get('dict_extra_env', default_install_options['dict_extra_env'])
+ if 'TMPDIR' not in extra_env:
+ extra_env['TMPDIR'] = tmp_dir
#isinstance(lst, (list, tuple))
if key not in ignore_packages:
if callable(method):