--- configure.orig	2003-05-18 17:25:34 UTC
+++ configure
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ exec 6>&1
 #
 # Initializations.
 #
-ac_default_prefix=/usr/local
+ac_default_prefix=%%LOCALBASE%%
 ac_config_libobj_dir=.
 cross_compiling=no
 subdirs=
@@ -1712,15 +1712,15 @@ PACKAGE_DATE=`date | sed 's/^[^ ]* \([^ 
 
 
 VISIT="/usr/lib/news /var/news/etc /usr/spool/news /usr/share/news \
- /var/db/news /usr/local/news/control /usr/local/news /local/news /etc/news \
- /usr/local/news/bin/control /usr/local/lib/news /news /usr/local/inn \
+ /var/db/news %%LOCALBASE%%/news/control %%LOCALBASE%%/news /local/news /etc/news \
+ %%LOCALBASE%%/news/bin/control %%LOCALBASE%%/lib/news /news %%LOCALBASE%%/inn \
  /var/lib/news /usr/lib /var/spool/news"
 
 INN_NEWSUMASK=002
 INN_EXTENDEDDBZ=0
 
-RNEWS_PATH=/usr/bin/rnews
-INEWS_PATH=/usr/bin/inews
+RNEWS_PATH=%%LOCALBASE%%/news/bin/rnews
+INEWS_PATH=%%LOCALBASE%%/news/bin/inews
 
 
 # Check whether --with-newshome or --without-newshome was given.
@@ -1890,7 +1890,12 @@ echo $ECHO_N "checking and found INN... 
 	    # it has been reported that some INN 2.1 had its own VERSION
 	    VERSION_save="$VERSION"
 	    VERSION=
+            prefix_orig="${prefix}"
+            exec_prefix_orig="${exec_prefix}"
 	    . $NEWSCONFIG
+	    unset TMPDIR
+            prefix="${prefix_orig}"
+            exec_prefix="${exec_prefix_orig}"
 	    INN_VERSION="$VERSION"
 	    VERSION="$VERSION_save"
 	    INN_NEWSUMASK=`umask`