diff -up ypserv-2.26/scripts/Makefile.am.path ypserv-2.26/scripts/Makefile.am
--- ypserv-2.26/scripts/Makefile.am.path	2012-01-12 15:46:16.868219281 +0100
+++ ypserv-2.26/scripts/Makefile.am	2012-01-12 15:46:34.786218054 +0100
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CLEANFILES = *~ ${SCRIPTS}
 
 EXTRA_DIST = ${MANS} ${XMLS}
 
-varypdir = /var/yp
+varypdir = $(prefix)/../var/yp
 
 man_MANS = pwupdate.8 ypinit.8
 XMLS = pwupdate.8.xml ypinit.8.xml