diff --git a/loadlib.c b/loadlib.c
index 16526603..d1941a99 100644
--- a/loadlib.c
+++ b/loadlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.128 2016/07/18 17:55:59 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.129 2016/12/04 20:17:24 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Dynamic library loader for Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 **
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ static const int CLIBS = 0;
 #define LIB_FAIL	"open"
 
 
+#define setprogdir(L)           ((void)0)
+
+
 /*
 ** system-dependent functions
 */
@@ -155,6 +158,30 @@ static lua_CFunction lsys_sym (lua_State *L, void *lib, const char *sym) {
 #endif
 
 
+#undef setprogdir
+
+
+/*
+** Replace in the path (on the top of the stack) any occurrence
+** of LUA_EXEC_DIR with the executable's path.
+*/
+static void setprogdir (lua_State *L) {
+  char buff[MAX_PATH + 1];
+  char *lb;
+  DWORD nsize = sizeof(buff)/sizeof(char);
+  DWORD n = GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, buff, nsize);  /* get exec. name */
+  if (n == 0 || n == nsize || (lb = strrchr(buff, '\\')) == NULL)
+    luaL_error(L, "unable to get ModuleFileName");
+  else {
+    *lb = '\0';  /* cut name on the last '\\' to get the path */
+    luaL_gsub(L, lua_tostring(L, -1), LUA_EXEC_DIR, buff);
+    lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove original string */
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+
 static void pusherror (lua_State *L) {
   int error = GetLastError();
   char buffer[128];
@@ -223,6 +250,67 @@ static lua_CFunction lsys_sym (lua_State *L, void *lib, const char *sym) {
 #endif				/* } */
 
 
+/*
+** {==================================================================
+** Set Paths
+** ===================================================================
+*/
+
+/*
+** LUA_PATH_VAR and LUA_CPATH_VAR are the names of the environment
+** variables that Lua check to set its paths.
+*/
+#if !defined(LUA_PATH_VAR)
+#define LUA_PATH_VAR    "LUA_PATH"
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(LUA_CPATH_VAR)
+#define LUA_CPATH_VAR   "LUA_CPATH"
+#endif
+
+
+#define AUXMARK         "\1"	/* auxiliary mark */
+
+
+/*
+** return registry.LUA_NOENV as a boolean
+*/
+static int noenv (lua_State *L) {
+  int b;
+  lua_getfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, "LUA_NOENV");
+  b = lua_toboolean(L, -1);
+  lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove value */
+  return b;
+}
+
+
+/*
+** Set a path
+*/
+static void setpath (lua_State *L, const char *fieldname,
+                                   const char *envname,
+                                   const char *dft) {
+  const char *nver = lua_pushfstring(L, "%s%s", envname, LUA_VERSUFFIX);
+  const char *path = getenv(nver);  /* use versioned name */
+  if (path == NULL)  /* no environment variable? */
+    path = getenv(envname);  /* try unversioned name */
+  if (path == NULL || noenv(L))  /* no environment variable? */
+    lua_pushstring(L, dft);  /* use default */
+  else {
+    /* replace ";;" by ";AUXMARK;" and then AUXMARK by default path */
+    path = luaL_gsub(L, path, LUA_PATH_SEP LUA_PATH_SEP,
+                              LUA_PATH_SEP AUXMARK LUA_PATH_SEP);
+    luaL_gsub(L, path, AUXMARK, dft);
+    lua_remove(L, -2); /* remove result from 1st 'gsub' */
+  }
+  setprogdir(L);
+  lua_setfield(L, -3, fieldname);  /* package[fieldname] = path value */
+  lua_pop(L, 1);  /* pop versioned variable name */
+}
+
+/* }================================================================== */
+
+
 /*
 ** return registry.CLIBS[path]
 */
@@ -680,10 +768,9 @@ LUAMOD_API int luaopen_package (lua_State *L) {
   createclibstable(L);
   luaL_newlib(L, pk_funcs);  /* create 'package' table */
   createsearcherstable(L);
-  lua_pushstring(L, LUA_PATH_DEFAULT);
-  lua_setfield(L, -2, "path");  /* package.path = default path */
-  lua_pushstring(L, LUA_CPATH_DEFAULT);
-  lua_setfield(L, -2, "cpath");  /* package.cpath = default cpath */
+  /* set paths */
+  setpath(L, "path", LUA_PATH_VAR, LUA_PATH_DEFAULT);
+  setpath(L, "cpath", LUA_CPATH_VAR, LUA_CPATH_DEFAULT);
   /* store config information */
   lua_pushliteral(L, LUA_DIRSEP "\n" LUA_PATH_SEP "\n" LUA_PATH_MARK "\n"
                      LUA_EXEC_DIR "\n" LUA_IGMARK "\n");
diff --git a/lua.c b/lua.c
index 2ca9a3a5..62de0f58 100644
--- a/lua.c
+++ b/lua.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.c,v 1.228 2016/12/13 15:50:58 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lua.c,v 1.229 2016/12/22 13:08:50 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua stand-alone interpreter
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include "lualib.h"
 
 
-#define LUA_VERSUFFIX          "_" LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "_" LUA_VERSION_MINOR
-
 
 #if !defined(LUA_PROMPT)
 #define LUA_PROMPT		"> "
@@ -534,88 +532,6 @@ static int runargs (lua_State *L, char **argv, int n) {
 
 
 
-/*
-** {==================================================================
-** Set Paths
-** ===================================================================
-*/
-
-/*
-** LUA_PATH_VAR and LUA_CPATH_VAR are the names of the environment
-** variables that Lua check to set its paths.
-*/
-#if !defined(LUA_PATH_VAR)
-#define LUA_PATH_VAR    "LUA_PATH"
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(LUA_CPATH_VAR)
-#define LUA_CPATH_VAR   "LUA_CPATH"
-#endif
-
-#define LUA_PATHVARVERSION              LUA_PATH_VAR LUA_VERSUFFIX
-#define LUA_CPATHVARVERSION             LUA_CPATH_VAR LUA_VERSUFFIX
-
-
-#define AUXMARK         "\1"	/* auxiliary mark */
-
-
-#if defined(LUA_USE_WINDOWS)
-
-
-/*
-** Replace in the path (on the top of the stack) any occurrence
-** of LUA_EXEC_DIR with the executable's path.
-*/
-static void setprogdir (lua_State *L) {
-  char buff[MAX_PATH + 1];
-  char *lb;
-  DWORD nsize = sizeof(buff)/sizeof(char);
-  DWORD n = GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, buff, nsize);  /* get exec. name */
-  if (n == 0 || n == nsize || (lb = strrchr(buff, '\\')) == NULL)
-    luaL_error(L, "unable to get ModuleFileName");
-  else {
-    *lb = '\0';  /* cut name on the last '\\' to get the path */
-    luaL_gsub(L, lua_tostring(L, -1), LUA_EXEC_DIR, buff);
-    lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove original string */
-  }
-}
-
-#else
-
-#define setprogdir(L)           ((void)0)
-
-#endif
-
-/*
-** Change a path according to corresponding environment variables
-*/
-static void chgpath (lua_State *L, const char *fieldname,
-                                   const char *envname1,
-                                   const char *envname2,
-                                   int noenv) {
-  const char *path = getenv(envname1);
-  lua_getglobal(L, LUA_LOADLIBNAME);  /* get 'package' table */
-  lua_getfield(L, -1, fieldname);  /* get original path */
-  if (path == NULL)  /* no environment variable? */
-    path = getenv(envname2);  /* try alternative name */
-  if (path == NULL || noenv)  /* no environment variable? */
-    lua_pushvalue(L, -1);  /* use original value */
-  else {
-    const char *def = lua_tostring(L, -1);  /* default path */
-    /* replace ";;" by ";AUXMARK;" and then AUXMARK by default path */
-    path = luaL_gsub(L, path, LUA_PATH_SEP LUA_PATH_SEP,
-                              LUA_PATH_SEP AUXMARK LUA_PATH_SEP);
-    luaL_gsub(L, path, AUXMARK, def);
-    lua_remove(L, -2); /* remove result from 1st 'gsub' */
-  }
-  setprogdir(L);
-  lua_setfield(L, -3, fieldname);  /* set path value */
-  lua_pop(L, 2);  /* pop 'package' table and original path  */
-}
-
-/* }================================================================== */
-
-
 static int handle_luainit (lua_State *L) {
   const char *name = "=" LUA_INITVARVERSION;
   const char *init = getenv(name + 1);
@@ -648,10 +564,11 @@ static int pmain (lua_State *L) {
   }
   if (args & has_v)  /* option '-v'? */
     print_version();
+  if (args & has_E) {  /* option '-E'? */
+    lua_pushboolean(L, 1);  /* signal for libraries to ignore env. vars. */
+    lua_setfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, "LUA_NOENV");
+  }
   luaL_openlibs(L);  /* open standard libraries */
-  /* change paths according to env variables */
-  chgpath(L, "path", LUA_PATHVARVERSION, LUA_PATH_VAR, (args & has_E));
-  chgpath(L, "cpath", LUA_CPATHVARVERSION, LUA_CPATH_VAR, (args & has_E));
   createargtable(L, argv, argc, script);  /* create table 'arg' */
   if (!(args & has_E)) {  /* no option '-E'? */
     if (handle_luainit(L) != LUA_OK)  /* run LUA_INIT */
diff --git a/lualib.h b/lualib.h
index ea073444..c01eb9c8 100644
--- a/lualib.h
+++ b/lualib.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lualib.h,v 1.43 2011/12/08 12:11:37 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lualib.h,v 1.44 2014/02/06 17:32:33 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua standard libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include "lua.h"
 
 
+/* version suffix for environment variable names */
+#define LUA_VERSUFFIX          "_" LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "_" LUA_VERSION_MINOR
+
 
 LUAMOD_API int (luaopen_base) (lua_State *L);