diff -Naur findutils-4.2.11/locate/Makefile.in findutils-4.2.11.new/locate/Makefile.in
--- findutils-4.2.11/locate/Makefile.in	2005-01-03 00:42:34.000000000 +0000
+++ findutils-4.2.11.new/locate/Makefile.in	2005-01-04 10:45:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 
 # The default database to build and search.
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = std-options
-LOCATE_DB = $(localstatedir)/locatedb
+LOCATE_DB = /var/state/locatedb
 localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 AM_INSTALLCHECK_STD_OPTIONS_EXEMPT = frcode code bigram
 bin_SCRIPTS = updatedb