diff -Nru wget-1.8.2.orig/src/init.c wget-1.8.2/src/init.c
--- wget-1.8.2.orig/src/init.c	Sat Mar  1 12:06:06 2003
+++ wget-1.8.2/src/init.c	Mon Nov  3 10:31:43 2003
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@
   static char buf[PATH_MAX];
   static char *home;
 
+  home = getenv("HOME_ETC");
   if (!home)
     {
       home = getenv ("HOME");