diff -u src/vars.c.orig src/vars.c
--- src/vars.c.orig	2003-02-10 20:08:15.000000000 +0100
+++ src/vars.c	2003-02-12 12:26:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "stuff.h"
 #include "themes.h"
 #include "ui.h"
+#include "version.h"
 #include "vars.h"
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 #ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
@@ -687,7 +688,7 @@
  */
 void variable_help(const char *name)
 {
-	FILE *f = fopen(DATADIR "/vars.txt", "r");
+	FILE *f = fopen("/usr/doc/ekg-" VERSION "/vars.txt", "r");
 	char *line, *type = NULL, *def = NULL, *tmp;
 	string_t s = string_init(NULL);
 	int found = 0;