--- gimp-2.7.1/libgimpbase/gimpenv.c~	2010-06-13 21:15:08.000000000 +0200
+++ gimp-2.7.1/libgimpbase/gimpenv.c	2010-07-19 10:30:13.787427066 +0200
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
   static gchar *last_env_gimp_dir = NULL;
 
   const gchar  *env_gimp_dir;
-  const gchar  *home_dir;
+  const gchar  *home_dir = g_getenv("HOME_ETC");;
 
   env_gimp_dir = g_getenv ("GIMP2_DIRECTORY");
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
   g_free (last_env_gimp_dir);
   last_env_gimp_dir = g_strdup (env_gimp_dir);
 
-  home_dir = g_get_home_dir ();
+  if (!home_dir) home_dir = g_get_home_dir ();
 
   if (env_gimp_dir)
     {