--- configure.ori	Tue Feb 13 23:15:36 2007
+++ configure	Tue Feb 13 23:17:02 2007
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@
 datadir='${datarootdir}'
 sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
 sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
-localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
+localstatedir='/var'
 includedir='${prefix}/include'
 oldincludedir='/usr/include'
 docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
