diff -pruN distcc-2.18.3.orig/configure distcc-2.18.3/configure
--- distcc-2.18.3.orig/configure	2008-05-07 11:40:41.950347462 +1000
+++ distcc-2.18.3/configure	2008-05-07 11:50:41.411347269 +1000
@@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
 sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
 libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
 datadir='${prefix}/share'
-sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
+sysconfdir='/etc'
 sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
-localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
+localstatedir='/var'
 libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
 includedir='${prefix}/include'
 oldincludedir='/usr/include'