Do not try to create $localstatedir and $sysconfdir since we cannot do this when they are /var and /etc. --- dbus-1.6.4/bus/Makefile.in 2013-09-11 16:15:13.000000000 +0200 +++ dbus-1.6.4/bus/Makefile.in 2013-09-11 16:15:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -1510,9 +1510,6 @@ clean-local: /bin/rm *.bb *.bbg *.da *.gcov || true install-data-hook: - $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/run/dbus - $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(configdir)/system.d - $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(configdir)/session.d $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/dbus-1/services $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/dbus-1/system-services # Install dbus.socket as default implementation of a D-Bus stack. --- dbus-1.6.4/tools/Makefile.in 2013-09-11 16:10:31.000000000 +0200 +++ dbus-1.6.4/tools/Makefile.in 2013-09-11 16:10:32.000000000 +0200 @@ -757,11 +757,6 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-binPROGRAMS # create the /var/lib/dbus directory for dbus-uuidgen -install-data-local: - $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/dbus - -installcheck-local: - test -d $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/dbus # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables. # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.