diff -urN wmweather+.orig/Makefile wmweather+/Makefile
--- wmweather+.orig/Makefile	2018-01-24 19:42:19.053828000 +0100
+++ wmweather+/Makefile	2018-02-05 13:29:53.686153000 +0100
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's| __THROW __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))|| ; \
+		s|"/etc/wmweather+.conf"|"/usr/local/etc/wmweather+.conf"| ; \
 		s|http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml|http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.php|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.c
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
-		's|http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml|http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.php|' \
+		's|/etc/wmweather+.conf|/usr/local/etc/wmweather+.conf| ; \
+		s|http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml|http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.php|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.1.in
 
 do-install:
diff -urN wmweather+.orig/files/pkg-message.in wmweather+/files/pkg-message.in
--- wmweather+.orig/files/pkg-message.in	2014-01-17 10:12:18.000000000 +0100
+++ wmweather+/files/pkg-message.in	2018-02-05 13:33:24.026491000 +0100
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@
 Please copy example.conf to yours home directory and adjust it to your needs!
 
     su user
-
     mkdir ~/.wmweather+
-
     cp -a %%EXAMPLESDIR%%/example.conf ~/.wmweather+/conf
+    exit
 
+If you prefer a global configuration file, do
+
+    su root
+    cp -a %%EXAMPLESDIR%%/example.conf /usr/local/etc/wmweather+.conf
     exit
 
 Have fun!