tags 418526 + patch pending thanks I investigated, and can reproduce this problem. The values originates from ./lib/paths.h generated from ./lib/paths.h.in by config.status, and you are right that the setting should not include the ${prefix} part.
I believe this patch solve the problem. It is commited to subversion, and will be part of the next release. Index: configure.ac =================================================================== --- configure.ac (revision 1336) +++ configure.ac (working copy) @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION) AC_SUBST(LT_AGE) +# unroll $datedir, to make sure the final value is stored in +# lib/paths.h, and not the one with ${prefix} in it, see #418526 +while echo $datadir |grep -q '\$' ; do + datadir="$(eval echo $datadir)" +done AC_SUBST_DIR(datadir) AC_CONFIG_FILES([ Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]