--- esound-0.2.36/esdlib.c	2006/06/02 05:05:32	1.1
+++ esound-0.2.36/esdlib.c	2006/06/02 05:16:57
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static void dummy_signal(int signum) {
 
 /* from esd_config.c */
 extern char esd_spawn_options[];
+extern char esd_spawn_binary[];
 extern int esd_no_spawn;
 extern int esd_spawn_wait_ms;
 void esd_config_read(void);
@@ -766,9 +767,9 @@ int esd_open_sound( const char *host )
 		char *cmd;
 
 		setsid();
-		cmd = malloc(strlen(SERVERDIR"/esd  -spawnfd 999999") + (esd_spawn_options?strlen(esd_spawn_options):0));
+		cmd = malloc(strlen("  -spawnfd 999999") + (esd_spawn_binary?strlen(esd_spawn_binary):strlen(SERVERDIR"/esd")) + (esd_spawn_options?strlen(esd_spawn_options):0));
 
-		sprintf(cmd, "%s/esd %s -spawnfd %d", SERVERDIR, esd_spawn_options?esd_spawn_options:"", esd_pipe[1]);
+		sprintf(cmd, "%s %s -spawnfd %d", esd_spawn_binary?esd_spawn_binary:SERVERDIR"/esd", esd_spawn_options?esd_spawn_options:"", esd_pipe[1]);
 
 		execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL);
 		perror("execl");
--- esound-0.2.36/esd_config.c	2006/06/02 05:05:44	1.1
+++ esound-0.2.36/esd_config.c	2006/06/02 05:12:48
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ int esd_no_spawn=1; /* If we can't even 
 int esd_spawn_wait_ms=100; /* Time to wait trying to connect to an
 			      autospawned ESD, in milliseconds. */
 char esd_spawn_options[LINEBUF_SIZE] = "-terminate -nobeeps -as 2";
+char esd_spawn_binary[LINEBUF_SIZE] = SERVERDIR"/esd";
 
 char esd_default_options [LINEBUF_SIZE] = ""; /* Default options, always applied */
 
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ esd_config_read(void)
   if(tmpenv && strlen(tmpenv) < (sizeof(esd_spawn_options) - 1))
     strcpy(esd_spawn_options, tmpenv);
 
+  tmpenv = getenv("ESD_SPAWN_BINARY");
+  if(tmpenv && strlen(tmpenv) < (sizeof(esd_spawn_binary) - 1))
+    strcpy(esd_spawn_binary, tmpenv);
+
   tmpenv = getenv("ESD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS");
   if(tmpenv && strlen(tmpenv) < (sizeof(esd_default_options) - 1))
     strcpy(esd_default_options, tmpenv);
@@ -120,6 +125,10 @@ esd_config_read_file(FILE *fh)
 	{
 	  strcpy(esd_spawn_options, value);
 	}
+      else if(!strcasecmp(key, "spawn_binary"))
+	{
+	  strcpy(esd_spawn_binary, value);
+	}
       else if(!strcasecmp(key, "default_options"))
 	{
 	  strcpy(esd_default_options, value);
--- esound-0.2.36/esd.conf	2006/06/02 05:05:49	1.1
+++ esound-0.2.36/esd.conf	2006/06/02 05:08:52
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [esd]
 auto_spawn=1
+# spawn_binary=esd
 spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 2
 spawn_wait_ms=100
 # default options are used in spawned and non-spawned mode