--- dbus-0.22/configure.in.orig	2004-08-13 00:57:16.000000000 +0200
+++ dbus-0.22/configure.in	2004-12-30 21:15:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -1047,15 +1048,18 @@
 AC_SUBST(ABSOLUTE_TOP_BUILDDIR)
 
 #### Find socket directories
-if ! test -z "$TMPDIR" ; then
-   DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=$TMPDIR
-elif ! test -z "$TEMP" ; then
-   DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=$TEMP
-elif ! test -z "$TMP" ; then
-   DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=$TMP
-else
-   DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=/tmp
-fi
+#if ! test -z "$TMPDIR" ; then
+#   DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=$TMPDIR
+#elif ! test -z "$TEMP" ; then
+#   DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=$TEMP
+#elif ! test -z "$TMP" ; then
+#   DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=$TMP
+#else
+#   DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=/tmp
+#fi
+
+# checks disabled to avoid expanding this at build time
+DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR=/tmp
 
 if ! test -z "$with_test_socket_dir" ; then
    TEST_SOCKET_DIR="$with_test_socket_dir"