--- ./src/system.c.orig	2013-12-01 03:27:41.000000000 -0700

+++ ./src/system.c	2014-01-13 22:00:00.000000000 -0700

@@ -1757,6 +1757,7 @@ void InitSystem (

     Char *              argv [] )

 {

     Char *              *ptrlist;

+    Char *              envvar;

     UInt                i;             /* loop variable                   */

     Int res;                       /* return from option processing function */

@@ -1880,6 +1881,16 @@ void InitSystem (

 #endif

+    /* process environment variables */

+    envvar = getenv("GAP_DIR");

+    if (envvar == NULL)

+      envvar = "/usr/lib/gap";

+    setGapRootPath(&envvar, NULL);

+    envvar = getenv("GAP_MEM");

+    if (envvar == NULL)

+      envvar = "32m";

+    storeMemory2(&envvar, &SyStorMin);

+

     /* save the original command line for export to GAP */

     SyOriginalArgc = argc;

     SyOriginalArgv = argv;