Look for system config file in $LCOV_HOME/etc/lcovrc.

That is:  use environment variable rather than hard-coded '/etc'
or '/usr/local/etc'.

Signed-off-by: Henry Cox <[email protected]>

Author: henry2cox

lib/lcovutil.pm

@@ -1263,12 +1263,13 @@ sub apply_rc_params($)
             $set_value |= apply_config(\%rcHash, $config, \%new_opt_rc);
         }
         return $set_value;
-    } elsif (defined($ENV{"HOME"}) && (-r $ENV{"HOME"} . "/.lcovrc")) {
-        $config = read_config($ENV{"HOME"} . "/.lcovrc");
-    } elsif (-r "/etc/lcovrc") {
-        $config = read_config("/etc/lcovrc");
-    } elsif (-r "/usr/local/etc/lcovrc") {
-        $config = read_config("/usr/local/etc/lcovrc");
+    } elsif (exists($ENV{"HOME"}) &&
+             -r File::Spec->catfile($ENV{"HOME"}, '.lcovrc')) {
+        $config = read_config(File::Spec->catfile($ENV{"HOME"}, '.lcovrc'));
+    } elsif (exists($ENV{"LCOV_HOME"}) &&
+             -r File::Spec->catfile($ENV{"LCOV_HOME"}, 'etc', 'lcovrc')) {
+        $config = read_config(
+                       File::Spec->catfile($ENV{"LCOV_HOME"}, 'etc', 'lcovrc'));
     }
 
     if ($config) {

man/lcovrc.5

@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ code coverage tool (see
 .br
 
 The system\-wide configuration file is located at
-.IR /etc/lcovrc .
+.IR $LCOV_HOME/etc/lcovrc .
+This is typically either
+.IR /etc/lcovrc
+or
+.IR /usr/local/etc/lcovrc
+but may be wherever you have installed the lcov package.
 To change settings for a single user, place a customized copy of this file at
 location
 .IR ~/.lcovrc .
@@ -2618,7 +2623,7 @@ Default is '0':  case sensitive matching.
 .SH FILES
 
 .TP
-.I /etc/lcovrc
+.I $LCOV_HOME/etc/lcovrc
 The system\-wide
 .B lcov
 configuration file.