It tries to creat /var/lib/rpm...

diff -urNp libgphoto2-2.3.1.org/configure libgphoto2-2.3.1/configure
--- libgphoto2-2.3.1.org/configure	2006-12-24 21:12:44.000000000 +0200
+++ libgphoto2-2.3.1/configure	2007-01-29 23:28:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -30296,7 +30296,7 @@ fi
 # RPM packages or not.
 
 
-if rpm -q libusb-devel > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if false -q libusb-devel > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   RPM_LIBUSB_DEVEL_TRUE=
   RPM_LIBUSB_DEVEL_FALSE='#'
 else