--- configure.ac	2009-10-17 10:31:55.000000000 +0200
+++ configure.ac.new	2009-10-17 10:34:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 AC_LANG([C++])
 
 dnl Directory containing pidfiles
-piddir="${localstatedir}/run"
+piddir="/var/run"
 AC_SUBST(piddir)
 
 dnl Set DOC_DIR in config.h and in Makefile.*