diff -Nru rpm-4.1/lib/rpmrc.c rpm-4.1.new/lib/rpmrc.c
--- rpm-4.1/lib/rpmrc.c	Tue Aug 20 16:53:44 2002
+++ rpm-4.1.new/lib/rpmrc.c	Tue Mar 11 18:41:48 2003
@@ -1820,23 +1820,37 @@
 	/* Expand ~/ to $HOME/ */
 	fn[0] = '\0';
 	if (r[0] == '~' && r[1] == '/') {
+	    const char * etc_dir = getenv("HOME_ETC");
 	    const char * home = getenv("HOME");
-	    if (home == NULL) {
-	    /* XXX Only /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc must exist in default rcfiles list */
-		if (rcfiles == rpmRcfiles && myrcfiles != r)
-		    continue;
-		rpmError(RPMERR_RPMRC, _("Cannot expand %s\n"), r);
-		rc = 1;
-		break;
-	    }
-	    if (strlen(home) > (sizeof(fn) - strlen(r))) {
-		rpmError(RPMERR_RPMRC, _("Cannot read %s, HOME is too large.\n"),
-				r);
-		rc = 1;
-		break;
+	    if (etc_dir) {
+		    if (strlen(etc_dir) > (sizeof(fn) - strlen(r))) {
+			    rpmError(RPMERR_RPMRC, _("Cannot read %s, HOME_ETC is too large.\n"),r);
+			    rc = 1;
+			    break;
+		    }
+		    strcpy(fn, etc_dir);
+		    strncat(fn, "/", sizeof(fn) - strlen(fn));
+		    r+=2;
+	    } else {
+		    if (home == NULL) {
+			    /* XXX Only /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc must exist in default rcfiles list */
+			    if (rcfiles == rpmRcfiles && myrcfiles != r)
+				    continue;
+			    rpmError(RPMERR_RPMRC, _("Cannot expand %s\n"), r);
+			    rc = 1;
+			    break;
+		    }
+		    if (strlen(home) > (sizeof(fn) - strlen(r))) {
+			    rpmError(RPMERR_RPMRC, _("Cannot read %s, HOME is too large.\n"),
+					    r);
+			    rc = 1;
+			    break;
+		    }
+		    strcpy(fn, home);
+		    r++;
 	    }
-	    strcpy(fn, home);
-	    r++;
+
+
 	}
 	strncat(fn, r, sizeof(fn) - (strlen(fn) + 1));
 	fn[sizeof(fn)-1] = '\0';
--- rpm-4.4.8/po/pl.po.orig	2007-04-08 16:11:42.125435004 +0200
+++ rpm-4.4.8/po/pl.po	2007-04-08 16:25:11.343549717 +0200
@@ -3251,6 +3251,10 @@
 msgid "Cannot expand %s\n"
 msgstr "Nie można rozwin±ć %s\n"
 
+#: lib/rpmrc.c:1935
+msgid "Cannot read %s, HOME_ETC is too large.\n"
+msgstr "Nie można odczytać %s, HOME_ETC jest zbyt duże.\n"
+
 #: lib/rpmrc.c:1924
 #, c-format
 msgid "Cannot read %s, HOME is too large.\n"