This patch is based on https://sources.debian.org/src/isc-kea/1.5.0-2/debian/patches/0005-Put-KEA_LOCKFILE_DIR-to-runstatedir.patch/ We have to modify the autohelled Makefile.in instead of Makefile.am because Kea requires old automake-1.15. --- a/src/lib/log/interprocess/Makefile.in +++ b/src/lib/log/interprocess/Makefile.in @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@ SUBDIRS = . tests AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib \ - -DLOCKFILE_DIR=\"$(localstatedir)/run/$(PACKAGE_NAME)\" \ + -DLOCKFILE_DIR=\"$(runstatedir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)\" \ $(BOOST_INCLUDES) AM_CXXFLAGS = $(KEA_CXXFLAGS) CLEANFILES = *.gcno *.gcda