Autoconf is *evil*. The sysconfdir and similar variables are unusable in

C includes as they contain substitutions specific to make.

Worked around by creating sysconf/paths.h which is created from
the Makefile instead of by the configure script.

configure.in

@@ -144,16 +144,11 @@ BIRD_CHECK_TIME_T
 BIRD_CHECK_STRUCT_IP_MREQN
 
 if test "$enable_debug" = yes ; then
-	AC_DEFINE(PATH_CONFIG_DIR, ".")
-	AC_DEFINE(PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET_DIR, ".")
 	AC_DEFINE(DEBUGGING)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(dmalloc, dmalloc_debug)
 	if test $ac_cv_lib_dmalloc_dmalloc_debug != yes ; then
 		AC_CHECK_LIB(efence, malloc)
 	fi
-else
-	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PATH_CONFIG_DIR, "$sysconfdir")
-	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET_DIR, "$localstatedir")
 fi
 
 CLIENT=

sysdep/autoconf.h.in

@@ -41,11 +41,5 @@
 /* We have <syslog.h> and syslog() */
 #undef HAVE_SYSLOG
 
-/* Path to configuration files */
-#define PATH_CONFIG_DIR ?
-
-/* Path to control socket */
-#define PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET_DIR ?
-
 /* Are we using dmalloc? */
 #undef HAVE_LIBDMALLOC

sysdep/config.h

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 #ifndef MACROS_ONLY
 
+#include "sysdep/paths.h"
+
 /* Types */
 typedef signed INTEGER_8 s8;
 typedef unsigned INTEGER_8 u8;
@@ -30,7 +32,12 @@ typedef u16 word;
 #endif
 
 /* Path to configuration file */
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
+#define PATH_CONFIG "bird.conf"
+#define PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET "bird.ctl"
+#else
 #define PATH_CONFIG PATH_CONFIG_DIR "/bird.conf"
 #define PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET_DIR "/bird.ctl"
+#endif
 
 #endif

tools/Makefile-top.in

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ clean:
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -rf $(objdir)
-	rm -f config.* configure sysdep/autoconf.h Makefile
+	rm -f config.* configure sysdep/autoconf.h sysdep/paths.h Makefile

tools/Makefile.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include Rules
 
 .PHONY: all daemon client subdir depend clean distclean tags docs userdocs progdocs
 
-all: .dep-stamp subdir daemon @CLIENT@
+all: sysdep/paths.h .dep-stamp subdir daemon @CLIENT@
 
 daemon: $(exedir)/bird
 
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ docs: userdocs progdocs
 userdocs progdocs: .dir-stamp
 	$(MAKE) -C doc -f $(srcdir_abs)/doc/Makefile $@
 
+sysdep/paths.h:
+	echo >sysdep/paths.h "/* Generated by Makefile, don't edit manually! */"
+	echo >>sysdep/paths.h "#define PATH_CONFIG_DIR \"$(sysconfdir)\""
+	echo >>sysdep/paths.h "#define PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET_DIR \"$(localstatedir)\""
+
 tags:
 	cd $(srcdir) ; etags -lc `find $(static-dirs) $(addprefix $(objdir)/,$(dynamic-dirs)) $(client-dirs) -name *.[chY]`
 
 install: all
-	$(INSTALL) -d $(sbindir) $(sysconfdir)
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(sbindir) $(sysconfdir) $(localstatedir)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -s $(exedir)/bird $(sbindir)/
 	if test -n "@CLIENT@" ; then								\
 		$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -s $(exedir)/birdc $(sbindir)/ ;				\
@@ -54,5 +59,5 @@ clean:
 	rm -f $(exedir)/bird $(exedir)/birdc $(exedir)/bird.ctl .dep-stamp
 
 distclean: clean
-	rm -f config.* configure sysdep/autoconf.h Makefile Rules
+	rm -f config.* configure sysdep/autoconf.h sysdep/paths.h Makefile Rules
 	rm -rf .dir-stamp $(clean-dirs)

tools/Rules.in

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 bindir=@bindir@
 sbindir=@sbindir@
 sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@
+localstatedir=@localstatedir@
 
 ifdef source