diff -Nru ddd-3.3.7.orig/ddd/session.C ddd-3.3.7/ddd/session.C
--- ddd-3.3.7.orig/ddd/session.C	2003-05-24 17:27:11.000000000 +0200
+++ ddd-3.3.7/ddd/session.C	2003-11-09 09:28:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -137,8 +137,11 @@
     const char *ddd_state = getenv(DDD_NAME "_STATE");
     if (ddd_state != 0)
 	return ddd_state;
-    else
-	return string(gethome()) + "/." ddd_NAME;
+    else {
+      char *home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+			if (home_etc != NULL) return string(home_etc) + "/." ddd_NAME;
+	  return string(gethome()) + "/." ddd_NAME;
+  }
 }
 
 static string session_base_dir()