--- /dev/null
+diff -uNr wget-1.8.2.orig/NEWS wget-1.8.2/NEWS
+--- wget-1.8.2.orig/NEWS Thu Aug 28 21:45:31 2003
++++ wget-1.8.2/NEWS Thu Aug 28 21:45:31 2003
+@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
+
+ ** Compiles on pre-ANSI compilers.
+
+-** Global wgetrc now goes to /usr/local/etc (i.e. $sysconfdir).
++** Global wgetrc now goes to /etc (i.e. $sysconfdir).
+
+ ** Lots of bugfixes.
+ \f
+@@ -295,9 +295,8 @@
+ ** Fixed a long-standing bug, so that Wget now works over SLIP
+ connections.
+
+-** You can have a system-wide wgetrc (/usr/local/lib/wgetrc by
+-default). Settings in $HOME/.wgetrc override the global ones, of
+-course :-)
++** You can have a system-wide wgetrc (/etc/wgetrc by default). Settings
++in $HOME/.wgetrc override the global ones, of course :-)
+
+ ** You can set up quota in .wgetrc to prevent sucking too much
+ data. Try `quota = 5M' in .wgetrc (or quota = 100K if you want your
+diff -uNr wget-1.8.2.orig/doc/wget.info-1 wget-1.8.2/doc/wget.info-1
+--- wget-1.8.2.orig/doc/wget.info-1 Thu Aug 28 21:48:44 2003
++++ wget-1.8.2/doc/wget.info-1 Thu Aug 28 21:48:44 2003
+@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@
+ * Most of the features are fully configurable, either through
+ command line options, or via the initialization file `.wgetrc'
+ (*note Startup File::). Wget allows you to define "global"
+- startup files (`/usr/local/etc/wgetrc' by default) for site
+- settings.
++ startup files (`/etc/wgetrc' by default) for site settings.
+
+
+ * Finally, GNU Wget is free software. This means that everyone may
+diff -uNr wget-1.8.2.orig/doc/wget.info-2 wget-1.8.2/doc/wget.info-2
+--- wget-1.8.2.orig/doc/wget.info-2 Thu Aug 28 21:49:57 2003
++++ wget-1.8.2/doc/wget.info-2 Thu Aug 28 21:49:57 2003
+@@ -521,9 +521,7 @@
+ ===============
+
+ When initializing, Wget will look for a "global" startup file,
+-`/usr/local/etc/wgetrc' by default (or some prefix other than
+-`/usr/local', if Wget was not installed there) and read commands from
+-there, if it exists.
++`/etc/wgetrc' by default and read commands from there, if it exists.
+
+ Then it will look for the user's file. If the environmental variable
+ `WGETRC' is set, Wget will try to load that file. Failing that, no
+@@ -533,7 +531,7 @@
+
+ The fact that user's settings are loaded after the system-wide ones
+ means that in case of collision user's wgetrc _overrides_ the
+-system-wide wgetrc (in `/usr/local/etc/wgetrc' by default). Fascist
++system-wide wgetrc (in `/etc/wgetrc' by default). Fascist
+ admins, away!
+
+ \1f
+@@ -873,7 +871,7 @@
+ ## not contain a comprehensive list of commands -- look at the manual
+ ## to find out what you can put into this file.
+ ##
+- ## Wget initialization file can reside in /usr/local/etc/wgetrc
++ ## Wget initialization file can reside in /etc/wgetrc
+ ## (global, for all users) or $HOME/.wgetrc (for a single user).
+ ##
+ ## To use the settings in this file, you will have to uncomment them,
+@@ -882,7 +880,7 @@
+
+
+ ##
+- ## Global settings (useful for setting up in /usr/local/etc/wgetrc).
++ ## Global settings (useful for setting up in /etc/wgetrc).
+ ## Think well before you change them, since they may reduce wget's
+ ## functionality, and make it behave contrary to the documentation:
+ ##
+diff -uNr wget-1.8.2.orig/doc/wget.texi wget-1.8.2/doc/wget.texi
+--- wget-1.8.2.orig/doc/wget.texi Thu Aug 28 21:52:07 2003
++++ wget-1.8.2/doc/wget.texi Thu Aug 28 21:52:07 2003
+@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@
+ Most of the features are fully configurable, either through command line
+ options, or via the initialization file @file{.wgetrc} (@pxref{Startup
+ File}). Wget allows you to define @dfn{global} startup files
+-(@file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default) for site settings.
++(@file{/etc/wgetrc} by default) for site settings.
+
+ @ignore
+ @c man begin FILES
+ @table @samp
+-@item /usr/local/etc/wgetrc
++@item /etc/wgetrc
+ Default location of the @dfn{global} startup file.
+
+ @item .wgetrc
+@@ -1920,9 +1920,7 @@
+ @cindex location of wgetrc
+
+ When initializing, Wget will look for a @dfn{global} startup file,
+-@file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default (or some prefix other than
+-@file{/usr/local}, if Wget was not installed there) and read commands
+-from there, if it exists.
++@file{/etc/wgetrc} by default and read commands from there, if it exists.
+
+ Then it will look for the user's file. If the environmental variable
+ @code{WGETRC} is set, Wget will try to load that file. Failing that, no
+@@ -1932,7 +1930,7 @@
+
+ The fact that user's settings are loaded after the system-wide ones
+ means that in case of collision user's wgetrc @emph{overrides} the
+-system-wide wgetrc (in @file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default).
++system-wide wgetrc (in @file{/etc/wgetrc} by default).
+ Fascist admins, away!
+
+ @node Wgetrc Syntax, Wgetrc Commands, Wgetrc Location, Startup File