diff -up texlive/texk/make/makevars.mk.more_paths texlive/texk/make/makevars.mk
--- texlive/texk/make/makevars.mk.more_paths	2007-08-19 07:38:56.000000000 +0200
+++ texlive/texk/make/makevars.mk	2007-08-19 07:45:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ makevars = prefix=$(prefix) exec_prefix=
   bindir=$(bindir) scriptdir=$(scriptdir) libdir=$(libdir) \
   datadir=$(datadir) infodir=$(infodir) includedir=$(includedir) \
   mandir=$(mandir) manext=$(manext) man1dir=$(man1dir) \
+  sysconfdir=$(sysconfdir) localstatedir=$(localstatedir) \
+  libexecdir=$(libexecdir) \
   texmf=$(texmf) web2cdir=$(web2cdir) vartexfonts=$(vartexfonts)\
   texinputdir=$(texinputdir) mfinputdir=$(mfinputdir) mpinputdir=$(mpinputdir)\
   fontdir=$(fontdir) fmtdir=$(fmtdir) basedir=$(basedir) memdir=$(memdir) \
diff -up texlive/texk/make/paths.mk.more_paths texlive/texk/make/paths.mk
--- texlive/texk/make/paths.mk.more_paths	2007-08-19 07:39:12.000000000 +0200
+++ texlive/texk/make/paths.mk	2007-08-19 08:54:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ manext = 1
 mandir = @mandir@
 man1dir = $(mandir)/man$(manext)
 
+# modifiable single-machine data.
+
+localstatedir = @localstatedir@
+
+# read-only single-machine data (configuration).
+
+sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
+
+# executables that other programs run.
+
+libexecdir = @libexecdir@
+
 # TeX system-specific directories. Not all of the following are relevant
 # for all programs, but it seems cleaner to collect everything in one place.