diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp.QTBUG-4862 qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp

--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp.QTBUG-4862	2012-09-10 20:36:50.000000000 -0500

+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp	2012-10-22 14:16:42.672111081 -0500

@@ -611,7 +611,26 @@ bool QFileSystemEngine::setPermissions(c

 QString QFileSystemEngine::homePath()

 {

     QString home = QFile::decodeName(qgetenv("HOME"));

-    if (home.isNull())

+    if (home.isEmpty())

+    {

+#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)

+        int size_max = sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX);

+        if (size_max == -1)

+            size_max = 1024;

+        QVarLengthArray<char, 1024> buf(size_max);

+#endif

+        struct passwd *pw = 0;

+        uid_t user_id = getuid();

+        pw = getpwuid(user_id);

+#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)

+        struct passwd entry;

+        getpwuid_r(user_id, &entry, buf.data(), buf.size(), &pw;;

+#else

+        pw = getpwuid(user_id);

+#endif

+        home = QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(pw->pw_dir));

+    }

+    if (home.isEmpty())

         home = rootPath();

     return QDir::cleanPath(home);

 }

diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp.QTBUG-4862 qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp