--- /dev/null
+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 *etc_dir;
+ FILE *out;
+ guint i;
+ const CfgModule *page;
+-
+- if((home = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
++
++ if((etc_dir = getenv("ETC_DIR")) != NULL)
+ {
+- strcpy(rcname, home);
+- strcat(rcname, "/" RCNAME);
++ strcpy(rcname, etc_dir);
++ strcat(rcname, "/" ETC_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("ETC_DIR")) != NULL)
++ g_snprintf(name, sizeof name, "%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s", hpath, ETC_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("ETC_DIR")) != NULL)
++ g_snprintf(homename, sizeof homename, "%s/%s", hpath, ETC_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 ETC_DIR_RCNAME "gentoorc"
+
+ /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+