diff -Nru wget-1.8.2.orig/src/init.c wget-1.8.2/src/init.c
--- wget-1.8.2.orig/src/init.c Sat Mar 1 12:06:06 2003
+++ wget-1.8.2/src/init.c Mon Nov 3 10:31:43 2003
-@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@
+@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@
+ static char buf[PATH_MAX];
+ static char *home;
- #ifndef WINDOWS
- /* If that failed, try $HOME/.wgetrc. */
-+ home = getenv("HOME_ETC");
-+ home = home ? xstrdup(home) : NULL;
-+ if (!home)
- home = home_dir ();
- if (home)
++ home = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+ if (!home)
{
+ home = getenv ("HOME");
+