--- help/Makefile.in.orig	Sat Feb  2 09:01:13 2002
+++ help/Makefile.in	Tue Jan  6 02:08:07 2004
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 prefix=		@prefix@
 exec_prefix=	@execprefix@
-uhelpdir=	${prefix}/help/users
-ohelpdir=	${prefix}/help/opers
+uhelpdir=	@uhelpdir@
+ohelpdir=	@ohelpdir@
 
 SYMLINKS=	topic accept cjoin cmode admin names links away whowas \
 		version kick who invite quit join list nick oper part \
@@ -63,12 +63,10 @@
 install:
 	@echo installing help files...
 	-@if test ! -d $(prefix)/help; then \
-		echo "mkdir $(prefix)/help"; \
-		mkdir $(prefix)/help; \
-		echo "mkdir $(prefix)/help/users"; \
-		mkdir $(prefix)/help/users; \
-		echo "mkdir $(prefix)/help/opers"; \
-		mkdir $(prefix)/help/opers; \
+		echo "mkdir $(uhelpdir)"; \
+		mkdir -p $(uhelpdir); \
+		echo "mkdir $(ohelpdir)"; \
+		mkdir -p $(ohelpdir); \
 	fi
 	@for help in opers/*; do \
 	if [ -f $$help ]; then \