configure problem with xfce-3.8.18

[wolfgang]

In an older episode (Tuesday 07 January 2003 23:16), edscott wilson garcia 
wrote:
> El mar, 07-01-2003 a las 15:14, wolfgang escribió:
> > in my unusual environment at work i tried to compile and install
> > xfce-3.8.18 today.
> >
> > /usr/local is read-only there (it's a common network mount for all linux
> > workstations - a writeable local dir is /usr/sue
> > so i used:
> >
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr/sue --sysconfdir=/usr/sue/share/xfce/etc
> > --exec-prefix=$PREFIX --enable-old-style --enable-taskbar
>
> ...
>
> > so how can i make it _not_ use /usr/local at all?
>
> You also need to specify --data_dir --locale_dir and another option for
> the gtk-engines.

does that explain why it keeps setting:
XFCE_DIR set to /usr/local/share/xfce
?
wolfgang