This is essentially a shellskript, not a makefile. (Variable syntax)

configure.in

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl This configure.in was derived from the configure.in in the
 dnl GNU regex package, rel 0.11.  Since LysKOM uses that package,
 dnl this configure script must include everything it needs.
-AC_REVISION($Id: configure.in,v 1.2 1993/10/08 15:55:12 ceder Exp $)
+AC_REVISION($Id: configure.in,v 1.3 1993/10/08 18:33:04 linus Exp $)
 AC_INIT(src/server/lyskomd.h)
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_SUBST(TOPDIR)
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ VPATH = $srcdir\\
 INCLUDEDIR = $TOPDIR/include\\
 LIBDIR = $TOPDIR/lib\\
 prefix = /usr/lyskom\\
-exec_prefix = $(prefix)\\
-bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin\\
-dbdir = $(exec_prefix)/db\\
-etcdir = $(exec_prefix)/etc\\
-coredir = $(exec_prefix)/cores\\
+exec_prefix = $prefix\\
+bindir = $exec_prefix/bin\\
+dbdir = $exec_prefix/db\\
+etcdir = $exec_prefix/etc\\
+coredir = $exec_prefix/cores\\
 \\
 DEFS = $DEFS\\
 LDFLAGS = $LDFLAGS\\