Index: source/src/libtracker-common/tracker-file-utils.c
===================================================================
--- source/src/libtracker-common/tracker-file-utils.c	(révision 3508)
+++ source/src/libtracker-common/tracker-file-utils.c	(copie de travail)
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
 	return writable;
 }
 
-static gboolean
+gboolean
 path_has_write_access_or_was_created (const gchar *path)
 {
 	gboolean writable;
@@ -673,8 +673,14 @@
 		return TRUE;
 	}
 
+	user_data_dir = g_getenv ("HOME");
+
+	if (!user_data_dir) {
+		user_data_dir = g_get_home_dir ();
+	}
+
 	/* Change environment, this is actually what we have on Ubuntu. */
-	new_dir = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, g_get_home_dir (), ".local", "share", NULL);
+	new_dir = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, user_data_dir, ".local", "share", NULL);
 
 	/* Check the new XDG_DATA_HOME location */
 	success = g_setenv ("XDG_DATA_HOME", new_dir, TRUE);
Index: source/src/libtracker-common/tracker-file-utils.h
===================================================================
--- source/src/libtracker-common/tracker-file-utils.h	(révision 3508)
+++ source/src/libtracker-common/tracker-file-utils.h	(copie de travail)
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
                                                     const gchar  *basename_exception_prefix);
 gchar *  tracker_path_evaluate_name                (const gchar  *uri);
 
+gboolean path_has_write_access_or_was_created      (const gchar *path);
 gboolean tracker_env_check_xdg_dirs                (void);
 
 gboolean tracker_file_lock                         (GFile *file);
Index: source/src/tracker-control/tracker-control.c
===================================================================
--- source/src/tracker-control/tracker-control.c	(révision 3508)
+++ source/src/tracker-control/tracker-control.c	(copie de travail)
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 		GFile *file;
 		TrackerCrawler *crawler;
 		const gchar *suffix = ".cfg";
-		const gchar *home_dir;
+		const gchar *home_conf_dir;
 		gchar *path;
 
 		crawler = tracker_crawler_new ();
@@ -386,13 +386,24 @@
 		                  main_loop);
 
 		/* Go through service files */
-		home_dir = g_getenv ("HOME");
+		
 
-		if (!home_dir) {
-			home_dir = g_get_home_dir ();
+		/* Check the default XDG_DATA_HOME location */
+		home_conf_dir = g_getenv ("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");		
+
+		if (home_conf_dir && path_has_write_access_or_was_created (home_conf_dir)) {
+			path = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, home_conf_dir, "tracker", NULL);
+		} else {
+
+			home_conf_dir = g_getenv ("HOME");
+
+			if (!home_conf_dir) {
+				home_conf_dir = g_get_home_dir ();
+			}
+			path = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, home_conf_dir, ".config", "tracker", NULL);
 		}
 
-		path = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, home_dir, ".config", "tracker", NULL);
+
 		file = g_file_new_for_path (path);
 		g_free (path);