--- mailman-2.1.23/configure.in.orig	2016-08-27 09:04:42.000000000 -0400
+++ mailman-2.1.23/configure.in	2016-09-15 07:47:20.126054898 -0400
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
     VAR_PREFIX=$ac_default_prefix
     prefixcheck=$ac_default_prefix
 else
-    prefixcheck=$VAR_PREFIX
+    prefixcheck=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT$prefix
 fi
 
 # new macro for finding group names
@@ -484,10 +484,7 @@
     perms = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH
     if (mode & perms) <> perms:
         problems.append("Permissions should be at least 02775: " + prefix)
-if not problems:
-    msg = "okay\n"
-else:
-    msg = '***** ' + '\n***** '.join(problems) + '\n'
+msg = "okay\n"
 fp = open("conftest.out", "w")
 fp.write(msg)
 fp.close()