diff -Nru gentoo-0.11.34/src/configure.c gentoo-0.11.34.new/src/configure.c
--- gentoo-0.11.34/src/configure.c	Sat Sep  7 08:59:47 2002
+++ gentoo-0.11.34.new/src/configure.c	Sat Mar 29 13:00:55 2003
@@ -169,18 +169,26 @@
 void cfg_save_all(MainInfo *min)
 {
 	gchar		*root = "GentooConfig", *home, rcname[PATH_MAX];
+	gchar		*config_dir;
 	FILE		*out;
 	guint		i;
 	const CfgModule	*page;
-
-	if((home = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
+	
+	if((config_dir = getenv("CONFIG_DIR")) != NULL)
 	{
-		strcpy(rcname, home);
-		strcat(rcname, "/" RCNAME);
+			strcpy(rcname, config_dir);
+			strcat(rcname, "/" CONFIG_DIR_RCNAME);
 	}
 	else
+	{
+		if((home = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
+		{
+			strcpy(rcname, home);
+			strcat(rcname, "/" RCNAME);
+		}
+		else
 		return;
-
+	}
 	cfg_modified_clear(min);
 	if((out = xml_put_open(rcname)) != NULL)
 	{
@@ -440,8 +448,11 @@
 	gchar	name[PATH_MAX] = "", *hpath;
 	guint32	i, flags = 0UL;
 
-	if((hpath = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
-		g_snprintf(name, sizeof name, "%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s", hpath, RCNAME);
+	if((hpath = getenv("CONFIG_DIR")) != NULL)
+		g_snprintf(name, sizeof name, "%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s", hpath, CONFIG_DIR_RCNAME);
+	else
+		if((hpath = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
+			g_snprintf(name, sizeof name, "%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s", hpath, RCNAME);
 
 	/* Does the user seem to have a local config? */
 	if(!fut_can_read_named(name))
@@ -463,9 +474,12 @@
 	else
 	{
 		gchar	homename[PATH_MAX] = "", syscfg[PATH_MAX], whine[2 * PATH_MAX];
-
-		if((hpath = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
-			g_snprintf(homename, sizeof homename, "%s/%s", hpath, RCNAME);
+		
+		if((hpath = getenv("CONFIG_DIR")) != NULL)
+			g_snprintf(homename, sizeof homename, "%s/%s", hpath, CONFIG_DIR_RCNAME);
+		else
+			if((hpath = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
+				g_snprintf(homename, sizeof homename, "%s/%s", hpath, RCNAME);
 
 		g_snprintf(syscfg, sizeof syscfg, PATH_CFG G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s", RCNAME + 1);
 		g_snprintf(whine, sizeof whine, _("Couldn't find any configuration file; checked\n"
diff -Nru gentoo-0.11.34/src/gentoo.h gentoo-0.11.34.new/src/gentoo.h
--- gentoo-0.11.34/src/gentoo.h	Sun Sep  1 17:41:41 2002
+++ gentoo-0.11.34.new/src/gentoo.h	Sat Mar 29 12:56:24 2003
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #define	RCNAME	".gentoorc"
+#define CONFIG_DIR_RCNAME "gentoorc"
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */