diff -Nru cgdb-0.4.0.orig/cgdb/src/cgdb.c cgdb-0.4.0/cgdb/src/cgdb.c
--- cgdb-0.4.0.orig/cgdb/src/cgdb.c	2003-10-24 18:08:16.000000000 +0200
+++ cgdb-0.4.0/cgdb/src/cgdb.c	2003-11-19 11:29:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -190,10 +190,11 @@
 
 static int init_home_dir(void) {
     /* Get the home directory */
-    char *home_dir = getenv("HOME");
+    char *home_dir = getenv("HOME_ETC");
     const char *cgdb_dir = ".cgdb";
 
-    /* Create the config directory */
+    if (!home_dir) home_dir = getenv("HOME");
+		/* Create the config directory */
     if ( ! fs_util_create_dir_in_base ( home_dir, cgdb_dir ) ) {
         err_msg("%s:%d fs_util_create_dir_in_base error", __FILE__, __LINE__);
         return -1;