ops, tmp-dir only works for 'mode server', so we cannot pass it on the command line

openvpn/openvpn.spec

@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
         %{SOURCE fsl.openvpn} \
         $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/etc/fsl/
 
-    #   create additional run-time directories
-    %{l_shtool} mkdir -f -p -m 755 \
-        $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/var/openvpn/tmp
-
     #   determine installation files
     %{l_rpmtool} files -v -ofiles -r$RPM_BUILD_ROOT \
         %{l_files_std} \

openvpn/rc.openvpn

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
             --log-append $openvpn_vardir/$name.log \
             --writepid $openvpn_vardir/$name.pid \
             --status $openvpn_vardir/$name.status 60 \
-            --tmp-dir $openvpn_vardir/tmp \
             --config $cfgfile \
             --cd $openvpn_etcdir || exit $?
     done