Tin Need help with 3.5.12 automake files

Tim, I am able to build all of the same 3.5.12 packages I built last autumn except PyKDE3, Digikam, and Gwenview. I already submitted a post about PyKDE3 (help is appreciated!). The primary difference this time that the builds are failing is I am trying to install the Trinity/KDE packages into /opt/trinity rather than /usr. Some library and support packages, such as sip, PyQT3, PyKDE3, libical, libcaldav, etc., I am still installing in /usr and /usr/lib. Digikam FTBFS with this error: ==================== grep: /usr/lib/libkdecore.la: No such file or directory /usr/bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libkdecore.la: No such file or directory libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libkdecore.la' is not a valid libtool archive ==================== Gwenview FTBFS with this error: ==================== grep: /usr/lib/libkio.la: No such file or directory /usr/bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libkio.la: No such file or directory libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libkio.la' is not a valid libtool archive ==================== Notice the builds are trying to find those files in /usr/lib rather than /opt/trinity/lib. Something in the configuration files is hard-coded to /usr/lib. I realize 3.5.12 is more or less etched in stone, but the cmake conversion will take time. All I need is a patch that I can merge on-the-fly in my build scripts to ensure automake looks in the correct location. Besides, neither of these packages have been converted to cmake yet and probably won't be for some time. Maybe the problem is an environment variable, although all of the other packages compiled fine. I want to get all of these 3.5.12 packages to build in Slackware 12.2 with /opt/trinity. Once proven they will build, install, and run there I then will start the testing the build process with the next Slackware release, which are required to get installed in a location other than /usr. This is very much proof of concept before moving to the next step. Not to mention that in the next step I need to build qt3 too. Should anyone start quashing bugs with the core or main suite packages I can rebuild Trinity packages in 12.2 and test those patches immediately. I also should be able to install Trinity 3.5.12 alongside KDE 3.5.10 in 12.2, which will help all of us with troubleshooting and comparisons to KDE3. Thanks much! Darrell