diff -Nurd xtide-2.11/Global.cc xtide-2.11.patched/Global.cc
--- xtide-2.11/Global.cc	2009-12-22 18:56:58.000000000 -0500
+++ xtide-2.11.patched/Global.cc	2011-09-12 20:38:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 #ifdef UseLocalFiles
   static const char confFile[] = "xtide.conf";
 #else
-  static const char confFile[] = "/etc/xtide.conf";
+  static const char confFile[] = "@FINKPREFIX@/etc/xtide.conf";
 #endif
   static bool firstCall (true);
   static SafeVector<Dstr> xtideConfLines (2U);
diff -Nurd xtide-2.11/tide.1 xtide-2.11.patched/tide.1
--- xtide-2.11/tide.1	2009-09-11 08:16:29.000000000 -0400
+++ xtide-2.11.patched/tide.1	2011-09-12 21:27:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 .BR http://www.flaterco.com/xtide/ .
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 Unless a configuration file
-.B /etc/xtide.conf
+.B @FINKPREFIX@/etc/xtide.conf
 is supplied, you must set the environment variable
 .B HFILE_PATH
 to point to the harmonics
diff -Nurd xtide-2.11/xtide.1 xtide-2.11.patched/xtide.1
--- xtide-2.11/xtide.1	2009-09-11 08:16:29.000000000 -0400
+++ xtide-2.11.patched/xtide.1	2011-09-12 21:27:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 .BR http://www.flaterco.com/xtide/ .
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 Unless a configuration file
-.B /etc/xtide.conf
+.B @FINKPREFIX@/etc/xtide.conf
 is supplied, you must set the environment variable
 .B HFILE_PATH
 to point to the harmonics
diff -Nurd xtide-2.11/xttpd.8 xtide-2.11.patched/xttpd.8
--- xtide-2.11/xttpd.8	2008-01-18 18:12:37.000000000 -0500
+++ xtide-2.11.patched/xttpd.8	2011-09-12 21:28:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 .BR http://www.flaterco.com/xtide/ .
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 Unless a configuration file
-.B /etc/xtide.conf
+.B @FINKPREFIX@/etc/xtide.conf
 is supplied, you must set the environment variable
 .B HFILE_PATH
 to point to the harmonics