FIXME: drop this patch and just fix PATH_LOCALSTATEDIR ? --- syslog-ng-3.6.2/lib/syslog-ng.h~ 2014-12-15 16:48:45.000000000 +0200 +++ syslog-ng-3.6.2/lib/syslog-ng.h 2015-06-01 08:04:18.542588343 +0300 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ #if SYSLOG_NG_ENABLE_ENV_WRAPPER #define PATH_SYSLOGNG SYSLOG_NG_PATH_LIBEXECDIR "/syslog-ng" #endif -#define PATH_PERSIST_CONFIG SYSLOG_NG_PATH_LOCALSTATEDIR "/syslog-ng.persist" +#define PATH_PERSIST_CONFIG "/var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.persist" typedef struct _LogPipe LogPipe; typedef struct _LogMessage LogMessage; --- syslog-ng-3.2.2/scripts/update-patterndb.in~ 2010-11-20 09:47:33.000000000 +0100 +++ syslog-ng-3.2.2/scripts/update-patterndb.in 2011-01-27 20:43:14.656000204 +0100 @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@ bindir=@bindir@ sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@ -localstatedir=@localstatedir@ +localstatedir=/var/lib/syslog-ng ${bindir}/pdbtool merge -r --glob *.pdb -D ${sysconfdir}/patterndb.d -p ${localstatedir}/patterndb.xml