diff -aurN gnome-applets-2.10.0.orig/m4/ac-define-dir.m4 gnome-applets-2.10.0/m4/ac-define-dir.m4
--- gnome-applets-2.10.0.orig/m4/ac-define-dir.m4	2005-01-03 19:19:27.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-applets-2.10.0/m4/ac-define-dir.m4	2005-03-22 22:49:28.818378784 +0100
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 AC_DEFUN([AC_DEFINE_DIR], [
   test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
   test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix='${prefix}'
-  ac_define_dir=`eval echo [$]$2`
+  ac_define_dir=`eval echo $2`
   ac_define_dir=`eval echo [$]ac_define_dir`
   $1="$ac_define_dir"
   AC_SUBST($1)