diff -uNr bash-5.0/shell.c bash-5.0.mod/shell.c
--- bash-5.0/shell.c	2018-12-06 18:28:21.000000000 +0200
+++ bash-5.0.mod/shell.c	2019-02-20 14:19:29.808520144 +0200
@@ -339,12 +339,12 @@
 {
   struct stat sb;
 
-  if (stat ("/tmp", &sb) < 0)
-    internal_warning (_("could not find /tmp, please create!"));
+  if (stat ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp", &sb) < 0)
+    internal_warning (_("could not find @TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp, please create!"));
   else
     {
       if (S_ISDIR (sb.st_mode) == 0)
-	internal_warning (_("/tmp must be a valid directory name"));
+	internal_warning (_("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp must be a valid directory name"));
     }
 }
 #endif /* __CYGWIN__ */