> How do I make ${localstatedir} available to the C source code? > > pat Add to configure.{ac,in}: pkglocalstatedir='${localstatedir}/lib/'${PACKAGE_NAME} AC_SUBST(pkglocalstatedir) and to src/Makefile.am: AM_CPPFLAGS = \ -DPKGLOCALSTATEDIR='"${pkglocalstatedir}"' --behdad http://behdad.org/ "Commandment Three says Do Not Kill, Amendment Two says Blood Will Spill" -- Dan Bern, "New American Language"