--- imlib-1.9.8.1/gdk_imlib/colors.c.sopwith	Tue Aug  1 14:34:20 2000
+++ imlib-1.9.8.1/gdk_imlib/colors.c	Tue Aug  1 14:36:41 2000
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@
 
   f = fopen(file, "r");
   if (!f)
+    {
+      char *ctmp = basename (file);
+      if (ctmp) { sprintf (s, "%s/%s", SYSCONFDIR, ctmp);
+      f = open (s, "r"); }
+    }
+  if (!f)
       return 0;
 
   i = 0;
--- imlib-1.9.7/gdk_imlib/Makefile.am.sopwith	Thu Feb 24 14:26:59 2000
+++ imlib-1.9.7/gdk_imlib/Makefile.am	Thu Feb 24 14:27:49 2000
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
 
 DEFS = -DDJPEG_PROG=\"@DJPEG_PROG@\"  -DCJPEG_PROG=\"@CJPEG_PROG@\" \
 	-DCONVERT_PATH=\"@CONVERT_PATH@\" \
-	-DNETPBM_PATH=\"@NETPBM_PATH@\" -DSYSTEM_IMRC=\"@sysconfdir@/imrc\" \
-	-DIMLIB_LIB=\""$(libdir)"\"
+	-DNETPBM_PATH=\"@NETPBM_PATH@\" -DSYSTEM_IMRC=\"$(sysconfdir)/imrc\" \
+	-DIMLIB_LIB=\""$(libdir)"\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I.. -I$(srcdir)/.. \
 	$(GTK_CFLAGS) $(X_CFLAGS) $(GMODULE_FLAGS) 
--- imlib-1.9.7/Imlib/Makefile.am.sopwith	Thu Feb 24 14:28:05 2000
+++ imlib-1.9.7/Imlib/Makefile.am	Thu Feb 24 14:28:20 2000
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 DEFS = -DDJPEG_PROG=\"@DJPEG_PROG@\"  -DCJPEG_PROG=\"@CJPEG_PROG@\" \
 	-DCONVERT_PATH=\"@CONVERT_PATH@\" \
-	-DNETPBM_PATH=\"@NETPBM_PATH@\" -DSYSTEM_IMRC=\"@sysconfdir@/imrc\"
+	-DNETPBM_PATH=\"@NETPBM_PATH@\" -DSYSTEM_IMRC=\"$(sysconfdir)/imrc\" \
+	-DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I.. -I$(srcdir)/.. $(X_CFLAGS)
--- imlib-1.9.7/Imlib/colors.c.sopwith	Thu Feb 24 14:28:50 2000
+++ imlib-1.9.7/Imlib/colors.c	Thu Feb 24 14:33:13 2000
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@
   f = fopen(file, "r");
   if (!f)
     {
+      char *ctmp = basename(file);
+      if(ctmp) { sprintf(s, "%s/%s", SYSCONFDIR, ctmp);
+      f = fopen(s, "r"); }
+    }
+  if (!f)
+    {
       fprintf(stderr, "ImLib ERROR: Cannot find palette file %s\n", file);
       return 0;
     }