1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index 5e62f39..69fd8bd 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -160,16 +160,14 @@ class Pdb(bdb.Bdb, cmd.Cmd):
         self.allow_kbdint = False
         self.nosigint = nosigint
 
-        # Read $HOME/.pdbrc and ./.pdbrc
+        # Read ~/.pdbrc and ./.pdbrc
         self.rcLines = []
         if readrc:
-            if 'HOME' in os.environ:
-                envHome = os.environ['HOME']
-                try:
-                    with open(os.path.join(envHome, ".pdbrc")) as rcFile:
-                        self.rcLines.extend(rcFile)
-                except OSError:
-                    pass
+            try:
+                with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.pdbrc')) as rcFile:
+                    self.rcLines.extend(rcFile)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
             try:
                 with open(".pdbrc") as rcFile:
                     self.rcLines.extend(rcFile)