File apache-ivy-global-settings.patch of Package apache-ivy
--- a/src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyAntSettings.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyAntSettings.java
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public class IvyAntSettings extends DataType {
File[] settingsLocations = new File[] {
new File(getProject().getBaseDir(), settingsFileName),
new File(getProject().getBaseDir(), "ivyconf.xml"), new File(settingsFileName),
- new File("ivyconf.xml")};
+ new File("ivyconf.xml"), new File("/etc/ivy/ivysettings.xml")};
for (File settingsFile : settingsLocations) {
task.log("searching settings file: trying " + settingsFile, Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
if (settingsFile.exists()) {