--- aegis-4.11/libaegis/user.c.orig	2003-04-05 15:58:05.000000000 +0200
+++ aegis-4.11/libaegis/user.c	2003-07-03 22:32:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -1024,7 +1024,16 @@
     trace(("user_uconf_get(up = %08lX)\n{\n", (long)up));
     lock_sync(up);
     if (!up->uconf_path)
-	up->uconf_path = str_format("%S/.aegisrc", up->home);
+       up->uconf_path = str_format("%S/.aegisrc", up->home);
+      {
+        char *etc_dir = getenv("ETC_DIR");
+        if (etc_dir)
+            up->uconf_path =
+             str_format("%S/aegisrc", str_from_c(etc_dir));
+        else
+             up->uconf_path =
+             str_format("%S/.aegisrc", up->home);
+      }
 
     /*
      * Read in the user preferences.  There are several sources of