diff -urN augeas-0.3.5.orig/src/Makefile.am augeas-0.3.5/src/Makefile.am
--- augeas-0.3.5.orig/src/Makefile.am	2008-12-24 02:21:25.000000000 +0100
+++ augeas-0.3.5/src/Makefile.am	2009-01-04 16:53:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 internal.h: datadir.h
 
 FORCE-datadir.h: Makefile
-	echo '#define DATADIR "$(abspath $(datadir))"' > datadir.h1
+	echo '#define DATADIR "$(datadir)"' > datadir.h1
 	$(top_srcdir)/build/aux/move-if-change datadir.h1 datadir.h
 
 datadir.h: FORCE-datadir.h
diff -urN augeas-0.3.5.orig/src/Makefile.in augeas-0.3.5/src/Makefile.in
--- augeas-0.3.5.orig/src/Makefile.in	2008-12-24 07:05:51.000000000 +0100
+++ augeas-0.3.5/src/Makefile.in	2009-01-04 16:53:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@
 internal.h: datadir.h
 
 FORCE-datadir.h: Makefile
-	echo '#define DATADIR "$(abspath $(datadir))"' > datadir.h1
+	echo '#define DATADIR "$(datadir)"' > datadir.h1
 	$(top_srcdir)/build/aux/move-if-change datadir.h1 datadir.h
 
 datadir.h: FORCE-datadir.h