Bug#658571: lintian: runs out of space on tmpfs mounted /tmp

[Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>]

package: lintian
severity: normal
version: 2.5.4

With the move to /run [0], /tmp now gets mounted in ram as a tmpfs by
default.  Being in ram of course means that there is rather limited
space, and for certain packages, lintian needs a whole lot of it.  For
example, I'm running into problems because of this with chromium in
particular.

Manual usage of TMPDIR is of course an option, but it would be more
ideal if lintian's default tmpdir was not so limited.  This could be
perhaps /var/tmp, which is on disk according to the FHS.

Best wishes,
Mike

[0] http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory