--- /dev/null
+diff -Nur gcombust-0.1.25/src/config_files.c gcombust-0.1.25-modified/src/config_files.c
+--- gcombust-0.1.25/src/config_files.c Thu Sep 23 18:53:23 1999
++++ gcombust-0.1.25-modified/src/config_files.c Wed Dec 15 10:17:46 1999
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+ /* I expect to need to write to several config files, might as well use
+ * a whole dir for gcombust */
+
+-#define GCOMBUST_CONFIG_DIR ".gcombust"
++#define GCOMBUST_CONFIG_DIR "gcombust"
+ #define GCOMBUST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME "gcombustrc"
+
+ static void read_env(void) {
+@@ -96,23 +96,29 @@
+ }
+ }
+
+-static char *get_config_dir(void) {
++static char *get_config_dir(int i) {
+ char *config_dir, *config;
+
+ if (NULL == (config_dir = getenv("HOME")))
+ config_dir = ".";
+
+ config = string_append(config_dir, NULL);
+- config = string_append(config, "/");
++ if (i==0)
++ config = string_append(config, "/.");
++ else {
++ config = string_append(config, "/etc");
++ mkdir (config, 0700);
++ config = string_append(config, "/");
++ }
+ config = string_append(config, GCOMBUST_CONFIG_DIR);
+
+ return config;
+ }
+
+-static char *get_config_file(void) {
++static char *get_config_file(int i) {
+ char *config;
+
+- config = get_config_dir();
++ config = get_config_dir(i);
+ config = string_append(config, "/");
+ config = string_append(config, GCOMBUST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+
+@@ -264,8 +270,10 @@
+ if (NULL == cdda2wav_path)
+ cdda2wav_path = which("cdda2wav");
+
+- config = get_config_file();
+-
++ config = get_config_file(1);
++ if (NULL == (fp = fopen(config, "r"))) {
++ config = get_config_file(0);
++ }
+ if (NULL == (fp = fopen(config, "r"))) {
+ alert_user_of_error(_(" Could not open config file.\n"
+ " Please configure gcombust in the File/Preferences menu \n"
+@@ -307,11 +315,11 @@
+ char *config;
+ int i;
+
+- config = get_config_dir();
++ config = get_config_dir(1);
+ mkdir(config, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG);
+ free(config);
+
+- config = get_config_file();
++ config = get_config_file(1);
+ if (NULL == (fp = fopen(config, "w"))) {
+ alert_user_of_error(_(" Could not open config file for writing! \n"));
+ free(config);