--- ./etc/rancid.conf.sample.in.orig	2012-07-22 15:13:09.357012183 +0200
+++ ./etc/rancid.conf.sample.in	2012-07-22 15:13:51.797481604 +0200
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 TMPDIR=/tmp; export TMPDIR
 # Be careful changing this, it affects CVSROOT below.  It should be a FQPN, not
 # relative.
-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.
 # If RCSSYS is svn, this can be:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #     commands can run, e.g. by running rancid-cvs after installation.
 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
