--- etc/rancid.conf.sample.in.orig	2007-12-20 13:09:24.000000000 -0500
+++ etc/rancid.conf.sample.in	2009-07-16 02:35:41.962728099 -0400
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 #
 TMPDIR=/tmp; export TMPDIR
 # Be careful changing this, it affects CVSROOT below.
-BASEDIR=@localstatedir@; export BASEDIR
+BASEDIR=/var/rancid; export BASEDIR
 PATH=@bindir@:@ENV_PATH@; export PATH
 # Location of the CVS/SVN repository.  Be careful changing this.
 CVSROOT=$BASEDIR/CVS; export CVSROOT
 # Location of log files produced by rancid-run(1).
-LOGDIR=$BASEDIR/logs; export LOGDIR
+LOGDIR=/var/log/rancid; export LOGDIR
 #
 # Select which RCS system to use, "cvs" (default) or "svn".  Do not change
 # this after CVSROOT has been created with rancid-cvs.  Changing between these