--- usr/lib64/python3.9/tempfile.py.ORIG	2020-05-21 11:05:22.377117820 +0200
+++ usr/lib64/python3.9/tempfile.py	2020-05-21 11:21:01.926977278 +0200
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@
 
 def _infer_return_type(*args):
     """Look at the type of all args and divine their implied return type."""
+    global tempdir
     return_type = None
-    for arg in args:
+    for arg in args + (tempdir,):
         if arg is None:
             continue
         if isinstance(arg, bytes):
@@ -268,17 +269,17 @@
 # User visible interfaces.
 
 def gettempprefix():
-    """The default prefix for temporary directories."""
-    return template
+    """The default prefix for temporary directories as string."""
+    return _os.fsdecode(template)
 
 def gettempprefixb():
     """The default prefix for temporary directories as bytes."""
-    return _os.fsencode(gettempprefix())
+    return _os.fsencode(template)
 
 tempdir = None
 
-def gettempdir():
-    """Accessor for tempfile.tempdir."""
+def _gettempdir():
+    """Private accessor for tempfile.tempdir."""
     global tempdir
     if tempdir is None:
         _once_lock.acquire()
@@ -289,9 +290,13 @@
             _once_lock.release()
     return tempdir
 
+def gettempdir():
+    """A string version of tempfile._gettempdir()."""
+    return _os.fsdecode(_gettempdir())
+
 def gettempdirb():
-    """A bytes version of tempfile.gettempdir()."""
-    return _os.fsencode(gettempdir())
+    """A bytes version of tempfile._gettempdir()."""
+    return _os.fsencode(_gettempdir())
 
 def mkstemp(suffix=None, prefix=None, dir=None, text=False):
     """User-callable function to create and return a unique temporary