diff -Naur -x '*~' viewvc-1.1.14/lib/viewvc.py viewvc-1.1.14-fhs/lib/viewvc.py
--- viewvc-1.1.14/lib/viewvc.py	2012-06-12 14:45:20.000000000 +0200
+++ viewvc-1.1.14-fhs/lib/viewvc.py	2012-06-13 12:37:33.375349088 +0200
@@ -4580,8 +4580,7 @@
   # default.
   pathname = (env_pathname
               or pathname
-              or os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
-                              "viewvc.conf"))
+              or '/etc/viewvc/viewvc.conf')
 
   # Load the configuration!
   cfg = config.Config()