Use @SYSCONFDIR@ instead of /etc/ Index: dictd/dictd.8.in =================================================================== --- dictd.orig/dictd.8.in 2008-01-25 21:25:49.000000000 +0100 +++ dictd/dictd.8.in 2008-01-25 21:26:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ .TP .BI \-c " file\fR or " \-\-config " file" Specify configuration file. The default is -.I /etc/dictd.conf +.I @SYSCONFDIR@/dictd.conf , but may be changed in the .I defs.h file at compile time (DICTD_CONFIG_FILE). @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ .TP .B Introduction The configuration file defaults to -.I /etc/dictd.conf +.I @SYSCONFDIR@/dictd.conf but can be specified on the command line with the .B \-c option (see above).