--- /dev/null
+diff -Nru dia-0.92.2.orig/app/app_procs.c dia-0.92.2/app/app_procs.c
+--- dia-0.92.2.orig/app/app_procs.c 2003-10-24 21:52:32.000000000 +0200
++++ dia-0.92.2/app/app_procs.c 2003-11-19 11:18:08.000000000 +0100
+@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@
+ static void create_user_dirs(void)
+ {
+ gchar *dir, *subdir;
++ gchar *home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+
+ #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+ /* not necessary to quit the program with g_error, everywhere else
+@@ -675,7 +676,7 @@
+ return; /* ... and return. Probably removes my one and only FAQ. --HB */
+ }
+ #endif
+- dir = g_strconcat(g_get_home_dir(), G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".dia", NULL);
++ dir = g_strconcat(home_etc ? home_etc : g_get_home_dir(), G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".dia", NULL);
+ if (mkdir(dir, 0755) && errno != EEXIST)
+ #ifndef G_OS_WIN32
+ g_error(_("Could not create per-user Dia config directory"));
+diff -Nru dia-0.92.2.orig/app/preferences.c dia-0.92.2/app/preferences.c
+--- dia-0.92.2.orig/app/preferences.c 2003-08-31 23:24:55.000000000 +0200
++++ dia-0.92.2/app/preferences.c 2003-11-19 11:16:14.000000000 +0100
+@@ -446,8 +446,9 @@
+ fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+
+ if (fd < 0) {
+- const gchar *homedir = g_get_home_dir();
++ const gchar *homedir = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+
++ if (!homedir) homedir = g_get_home_dir();
+ g_free(filename);
+ filename = g_strconcat(homedir, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".diarc", NULL);
+ fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+diff -Nru dia-0.92.2.orig/lib/dia_dirs.c dia-0.92.2/lib/dia_dirs.c
+--- dia-0.92.2.orig/lib/dia_dirs.c 2003-04-25 18:34:48.000000000 +0200
++++ dia-0.92.2/lib/dia_dirs.c 2003-11-19 11:16:14.000000000 +0100
+@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@
+ gchar *
+ dia_config_filename(const gchar *subfile)
+ {
+- const gchar *homedir;
++ const gchar *homedir = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+
+- homedir = g_get_home_dir();
++ if (!homedir) homedir = g_get_home_dir();
+ if (!homedir) {
+ homedir = g_get_tmp_dir(); /* put config stuff in /tmp -- not ideal, but
+ * we should not reach this state */
+diff -Nru dia-0.92.2.orig/plug-ins/python/python-startup.py dia-0.92.2/plug-ins/python/python-startup.py
+--- dia-0.92.2.orig/plug-ins/python/python-startup.py 2003-01-19 17:38:22.000000000 +0100
++++ dia-0.92.2/plug-ins/python/python-startup.py 2003-11-19 11:24:16.000000000 +0100
+@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@
+ sys.stderr.write('could not import %s\n' % file)
+
+ # import any python plugins from the user ...
+-if not os.environ.has_key('HOME'):
+- os.environ['HOME'] = os.pathsep + 'tmp'
+-plugindir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.dia', 'python')
++if os.environ.has_key('HOME_ETC'):
++ plugindir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME_ETC'], '.dia', 'python')
++else:
++ if not os.environ.has_key('HOME'):
++ os.environ['HOME'] = os.pathsep + 'tmp'
++ plugindir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.dia', 'python')
+
+ if os.path.isdir(plugindir):
+ # import all plugins found in user plugin dir