diff -uNr ./Makefile.common ../slack-0.15.2/Makefile.common
--- ./Makefile.common	2008-04-20 18:06:15.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/Makefile.common	2008-10-05 09:04:50.000000000 -0700
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 DESTDIR		=
 
-prefix		= /
+prefix		=
 exec_prefix	= /usr
 sysconfdir	= ${prefix}/etc
 mandir		= ${exec_prefix}/share/man
diff -uNr ./src/Makefile ../slack-0.15.2/src/Makefile
--- ./src/Makefile	2008-04-20 18:06:15.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/Makefile	2008-10-06 22:48:40.000000000 -0700
@@ -2,35 +2,53 @@

 include ../Makefile.common
 
+BUILDDIR = build
+
 BACKENDS = slack-getroles slack-installfiles slack-runscript slack-sync slack-stage slack-rolediff
 
-all:
+TARGETS = $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/,$(BACKENDS)) \
+	  $(BUILDDIR)/Slack.pm \
+	  $(BUILDDIR)/slack \
+	  $(BUILDDIR)/slack-diff \
+	  $(BUILDDIR)/slack.conf
+
+all: $(TARGETS)
+
+$(BUILDDIR)/%: %
+	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)
+	sed -e 's#@SYSCONFDIR@#$(sysconfdir)#g' \
+	-e 's#@SLACK_LIBDIR@#$(slack_libdir)#g' \
+	-e 's#@SLACK_LIBEXECDIR@#$(slack_libexecdir)#g' \
+	-e 's#@SLACK_LOCALSTATEDIR@#$(slack_localstatedir)#g' \
+	-e 's#@SLACK_LOCALCACHEDIR@#$(slack_localcachedir)#g' $< > $@
 
 install: install-bin install-conf install-lib install-man
 
 install-bin: all
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
-	$(INSTALL) slack $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
+	$(INSTALL) $(BUILDDIR)/slack $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
-	$(INSTALL) slack-diff $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	$(INSTALL) $(BUILDDIR)/slack-diff $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(slack_libexecdir)
 	@set -ex;\
 	for i in $(BACKENDS); do \
-	$(INSTALL) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(slack_libexecdir); done
+	$(INSTALL) $(BUILDDIR)/$$i $(DESTDIR)$(slack_libexecdir); done
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m $(PRIVDIRMODE) $(DESTDIR)$(slack_localstatedir)
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m $(PRIVDIRMODE) $(DESTDIR)$(slack_localcachedir)
 
 install-conf: all
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 slack.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
+	test -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/slack.conf || \
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $(BUILDDIR)/slack.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
 
 install-lib: all
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(slack_libdir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 Slack.pm $(DESTDIR)$(slack_libdir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $(BUILDDIR)/Slack.pm $(DESTDIR)$(slack_libdir)
 
 install-man: all
 
 clean:
+	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
 
 realclean: clean
 
diff -uNr ./src/slack ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack
--- ./src/slack	2008-04-20 18:06:15.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack	2008-10-06 20:38:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 use File::Find;
 use POSIX; # for strftime
 
-use constant LIBEXEC_DIR => '/usr/lib/slack';
-use constant LIB_DIR => '/usr/lib/slack';
+use constant LIBEXEC_DIR => '@SLACK_LIBEXECDIR@';
+use constant LIB_DIR => '@SLACK_LIBDIR@';
 use lib LIB_DIR;
 use Slack;
 
diff -uNr ./src/slack.conf ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack.conf
--- ./src/slack.conf	2008-04-20 18:06:14.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack.conf	2008-10-06 20:37:03.000000000 -0700
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See slack.conf(5)
 ROLE_LIST=etc/roles.conf
 SOURCE=slack-master::slack
-CACHE=/var/cache/slack
-STAGE=/var/lib/slack/stage
+CACHE=@SLACK_LOCALCACHEDIR@
+STAGE=@SLACK_LOCALSTATEDIR@/stage
 ROOT=/
-BACKUP_DIR=/var/lib/slack/backups
+BACKUP_DIR=@SLACK_LOCALSTATEDIR@/backups
diff -uNr ./src/slack-getroles ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-getroles
--- ./src/slack-getroles	2008-04-20 18:06:14.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-getroles	2008-10-06 20:37:17.000000000 -0700
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 use File::Path;
 
-use constant LIB_DIR => '/usr/lib/slack';
+use constant LIB_DIR => '@SLACK_LIBDIR@';
 use lib LIB_DIR;
 use Slack;
 
diff -uNr ./src/slack-installfiles ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-installfiles
--- ./src/slack-installfiles	2008-04-20 18:06:14.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-installfiles	2008-10-06 20:37:26.000000000 -0700
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 use File::Path;
 
-use constant LIB_DIR => '/usr/lib/slack';
+use constant LIB_DIR => '@SLACK_LIBDIR@';
 use lib LIB_DIR;
 use Slack;
 
diff -uNr ./src/Slack.pm ../slack-0.15.2/src/Slack.pm
--- ./src/Slack.pm	2008-04-20 18:06:14.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/Slack.pm	2008-10-06 20:37:38.000000000 -0700
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 @EXPORT    = qw();
 @EXPORT_OK = qw();
 
-$DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = '/etc/slack.conf';
+$DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = '@SYSCONFDIR@/slack.conf';
 
 my $term;
 
diff -uNr ./src/slack-rolediff ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-rolediff
--- ./src/slack-rolediff	2008-04-20 18:06:14.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-rolediff	2008-10-06 20:37:45.000000000 -0700
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 use File::Path;
 use File::Find;
 
-use constant LIB_DIR => '/usr/lib/slack';
+use constant LIB_DIR => '@SLACK_LIBDIR@';
 use lib LIB_DIR;
 use Slack;
 
diff -uNr ./src/slack-runscript ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-runscript
--- ./src/slack-runscript	2008-04-20 18:06:14.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-runscript	2008-10-06 20:37:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 use File::Path;
 use File::Find;
 
-use constant LIB_DIR => '/usr/lib/slack';
+use constant LIB_DIR => '@SLACK_LIBDIR@';
 use lib LIB_DIR;
 use Slack;
 
diff -uNr ./src/slack-stage ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-stage
--- ./src/slack-stage	2008-04-20 18:06:15.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-stage	2008-10-06 20:38:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 use File::Path;
 use File::Find;
 
-use constant LIB_DIR => '/usr/lib/slack';
+use constant LIB_DIR => '@SLACK_LIBDIR@';
 use lib LIB_DIR;
 use Slack;
 
diff -uNr ./src/slack-sync ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-sync
--- ./src/slack-sync	2008-04-20 18:06:14.000000000 -0700
+++ ../slack-0.15.2/src/slack-sync	2008-10-06 20:38:07.000000000 -0700
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 use File::Path;
 
-use constant LIB_DIR => '/usr/lib/slack';
+use constant LIB_DIR => '@SLACK_LIBDIR@';
 use lib LIB_DIR;
 use Slack;