--- alpine-0.9999/configure.ac.orig	2007-08-22 00:13:29.000000000 +0200
+++ alpine-0.9999/configure.ac	2007-11-05 15:24:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -765,6 +765,15 @@
 
 dnl CHECK LIBRARIES
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(home_etc, get_home_etc_static,
+	     [
+	      AC_CHECK_HEADER([home_etc.h])
+	      LIBS="$LIBS -lhome_etc"
+	      have_home_etc=yes
+	      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_HOME_ETC,1,[ Define if want to use the HOME-ETC library. ])
+	     ],
+	     AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find libhome_etc]))
+
 if test x$enable_dmalloc = "xyes" ; then
   if test "x$with_pthread" = "xyes" ; then
     dmalloc_lib=dmallocth
--- alpine-0.9999/alpine/pine-use.c~	2006-09-22 22:06:05.000000000 +0200
+++ alpine-0.9999/alpine/pine-use.c	2007-11-05 15:13:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_HOME_ETC
+# include <home_etc.h>
+# define HOMEDIR _HEdir
+#else
+# define HOMEDIR pw->pw_dir
+#endif
+
 #ifndef MAILSPOOLPCTS
 #define MAILSPOOLPCTS "/usr/spool/mail/%s"
 /* #define MAILSPOOLPCTS "/usr/mail/%s" */
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@
         if(strcmp(pw->pw_dir, "/") == 0)
           continue;
 
-        sprintf(filename, "%s/.pinerc", pw->pw_dir);
+        sprintf(filename, "%s/.pinerc", HOMEDIR);
         if(stat(filename, &statb) < 0)
           continue;
         if(statb.st_mtime + 7 * DAYSEC > now) 
--- alpine-0.9999/pith/conf.c~	2007-11-02 16:19:06.000000000 +0100
+++ alpine-0.9999/pith/conf.c	2007-11-05 15:12:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
 #include "../pico/osdep/mswin.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_HOME_ETC
+# include <home_etc.h>
+# define HOMEDIR _HEdir
+#else
+# define HOMEDIR ps->home_dir
+#endif
 
 #define	TO_BAIL_THRESHOLD	60
 
@@ -1473,7 +1479,7 @@
     }
 
     if(!ps->pinerc){
-      build_path(buf, ps->home_dir, ".pinerc", sizeof(buf));
+      build_path(buf, HOMEDIR, ".pinerc", sizeof(buf));
       ps->pinerc = cpystr(buf);
     }