def METHOD_NAME(self):
    # OpenSSH's privilege separation path defaults to /var/empty. At
    # least newer versions want to create the directory during the
    # install step and fail if they cannot do so.
    args = ["--with-privsep-path={0}".format(self.prefix.var.empty)]
    if self.spec.satisfies("+gssapi"):
        args.append("--with-kerberos5=" + self.spec["krb5"].prefix)
    # Somehow creating pie executables fails with nvhpc, not with gcc.
    if "%nvhpc" in self.spec:
        args.append("--without-pie")
    return args