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
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@
 
 #ifndef WINDOWS
   /* If that failed, try $HOME/.wgetrc.  */
+	home = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+	home = home ? xstrdup(home) : NULL;
+	if (!home)
   home = home_dir ();
   if (home)
     {