diff --git a/tools/gpgconf.c b/tools/gpgconf.c
index 7633c5e54..b6afc8b0e 100644
--- a/tools/gpgconf.c
+++ b/tools/gpgconf.c
@@ -1,1096 +1,1096 @@
 /* gpgconf.c - Configuration utility for GnuPG
  * Copyright (C) 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2016 g10 Code GmbH.
  *
  * This file is part of GnuPG.
  *
  * GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * GnuPG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #define INCLUDED_BY_MAIN_MODULE 1
 #include "gpgconf.h"
 #include "../common/i18n.h"
 #include "../common/sysutils.h"
 #include "../common/init.h"
 #include "../common/status.h"
 #include "../common/exechelp.h"
 
 
 /* Constants to identify the commands and options. */
 enum cmd_and_opt_values
   {
     aNull = 0,
     oDryRun	= 'n',
     oOutput	= 'o',
     oQuiet      = 'q',
     oVerbose	= 'v',
     oRuntime    = 'r',
     oComponent  = 'c',
     oNull       = '0',
     oNoVerbose	= 500,
     oHomedir,
     oBuilddir,
     oStatusFD,
     oShowSocket,
 
     aListComponents,
     aCheckPrograms,
     aListOptions,
     aChangeOptions,
     aCheckOptions,
     aApplyDefaults,
     aListConfig,
     aCheckConfig,
     aQuerySWDB,
     aListDirs,
     aLaunch,
     aKill,
     aCreateSocketDir,
     aRemoveSocketDir,
     aApplyProfile,
     aReload,
     aShowVersions
   };
 
 
 /* The list of commands and options. */
 static ARGPARSE_OPTS opts[] =
   {
     { 300, NULL, 0, N_("@Commands:\n ") },
 
     { aListComponents, "list-components", 256, N_("list all components") },
     { aCheckPrograms, "check-programs", 256, N_("check all programs") },
     { aListOptions, "list-options", 256, N_("|COMPONENT|list options") },
     { aChangeOptions, "change-options", 256, N_("|COMPONENT|change options") },
     { aCheckOptions, "check-options", 256, N_("|COMPONENT|check options") },
     { aApplyDefaults, "apply-defaults", 256,
       N_("apply global default values") },
     { aApplyProfile, "apply-profile", 256,
       N_("|FILE|update configuration files using FILE") },
     { aListDirs, "list-dirs", 256,
       N_("get the configuration directories for @GPGCONF@") },
     { aListConfig,   "list-config", 256,
       N_("list global configuration file") },
     { aCheckConfig,   "check-config", 256,
       N_("check global configuration file") },
     { aQuerySWDB,     "query-swdb", 256,
       N_("query the software version database") },
     { aReload,        "reload", 256, N_("reload all or a given component")},
     { aLaunch,        "launch", 256, N_("launch a given component")},
     { aKill,          "kill", 256,   N_("kill a given component")},
     { aCreateSocketDir, "create-socketdir", 256, "@"},
     { aRemoveSocketDir, "remove-socketdir", 256, "@"},
     ARGPARSE_c (aShowVersions, "show-versions", "@"),
 
 
     { 301, NULL, 0, N_("@\nOptions:\n ") },
 
     { oOutput, "output",    2, N_("use as output file") },
     { oVerbose, "verbose",  0, N_("verbose") },
     { oQuiet, "quiet",      0, N_("quiet") },
     { oDryRun, "dry-run",   0, N_("do not make any changes") },
     { oRuntime, "runtime",  0, N_("activate changes at runtime, if possible") },
   ARGPARSE_s_i (oStatusFD, "status-fd", N_("|FD|write status info to this FD")),
     /* hidden options */
     { oHomedir, "homedir", 2, "@" },
     { oBuilddir, "build-prefix", 2, "@" },
     { oNull, "null", 0, "@" },
     { oNoVerbose, "no-verbose",  0, "@"},
     ARGPARSE_s_n (oShowSocket, "show-socket", "@"),
 
     ARGPARSE_end(),
   };
 
 
 /* The stream to output the status information.  Status Output is disabled if
  * this is NULL.  */
 static estream_t statusfp;
 
 static void show_versions (estream_t fp);
 
 
 
 /* Print usage information and provide strings for help. */
 static const char *
 my_strusage( int level )
 {
   const char *p;
 
   switch (level)
     {
     case 11: p = "@GPGCONF@ (@GNUPG@)";
       break;
     case 13: p = VERSION; break;
     case 17: p = PRINTABLE_OS_NAME; break;
     case 19: p = _("Please report bugs to <@EMAIL@>.\n"); break;
 
     case 1:
     case 40: p = _("Usage: @GPGCONF@ [options] (-h for help)");
       break;
     case 41:
       p = _("Syntax: @GPGCONF@ [options]\n"
             "Manage configuration options for tools of the @GNUPG@ system\n");
       break;
 
     default: p = NULL; break;
     }
   return p;
 }
 
 
 /* Return the fp for the output.  This is usually stdout unless
    --output has been used.  In the latter case this function opens
    that file.  */
 static estream_t
 get_outfp (estream_t *fp)
 {
   if (!*fp)
     {
       if (opt.outfile)
         {
           *fp = es_fopen (opt.outfile, "w");
           if (!*fp)
             gc_error (1, errno, "can not open '%s'", opt.outfile);
         }
       else
         *fp = es_stdout;
     }
   return *fp;
 }
 
 
 /* Set the status FD.  */
 static void
 set_status_fd (int fd)
 {
   static int last_fd = -1;
 
   if (fd != -1 && last_fd == fd)
     return;
 
   if (statusfp && statusfp != es_stdout && statusfp != es_stderr)
     es_fclose (statusfp);
   statusfp = NULL;
   if (fd == -1)
     return;
 
   if (fd == 1)
     statusfp = es_stdout;
   else if (fd == 2)
     statusfp = es_stderr;
   else
     statusfp = es_fdopen (fd, "w");
   if (!statusfp)
     {
       log_fatal ("can't open fd %d for status output: %s\n",
                  fd, gpg_strerror (gpg_error_from_syserror ()));
     }
   last_fd = fd;
 }
 
 
 /* Write a status line with code NO followed by the output of the
  * printf style FORMAT.  The caller needs to make sure that LFs and
  * CRs are not printed.  */
 void
 gpgconf_write_status (int no, const char *format, ...)
 {
   va_list arg_ptr;
 
   if (!statusfp)
     return;  /* Not enabled.  */
 
   es_fputs ("[GNUPG:] ", statusfp);
   es_fputs (get_status_string (no), statusfp);
   if (format)
     {
       es_putc (' ', statusfp);
       va_start (arg_ptr, format);
       es_vfprintf (statusfp, format, arg_ptr);
       va_end (arg_ptr);
     }
   es_putc ('\n', statusfp);
 }
 
 
 static void
 list_dirs (estream_t fp, char **names)
 {
   static struct {
     const char *name;
     const char *(*fnc)(void);
     const char *extra;
   } list[] = {
     { "sysconfdir",         gnupg_sysconfdir, NULL },
     { "bindir",             gnupg_bindir,     NULL },
     { "libexecdir",         gnupg_libexecdir, NULL },
     { "libdir",             gnupg_libdir,     NULL },
     { "datadir",            gnupg_datadir,    NULL },
     { "localedir",          gnupg_localedir,  NULL },
     { "socketdir",          gnupg_socketdir,  NULL },
     { "dirmngr-socket",     dirmngr_socket_name, NULL,},
     { "agent-ssh-socket",   gnupg_socketdir,  GPG_AGENT_SSH_SOCK_NAME },
     { "agent-extra-socket", gnupg_socketdir,  GPG_AGENT_EXTRA_SOCK_NAME },
     { "agent-browser-socket",gnupg_socketdir, GPG_AGENT_BROWSER_SOCK_NAME },
     { "agent-socket",       gnupg_socketdir,  GPG_AGENT_SOCK_NAME },
     { "homedir",            gnupg_homedir,    NULL }
   };
   int idx, j;
   char *tmp;
   const char *s;
 
 
   for (idx = 0; idx < DIM (list); idx++)
     {
       s = list[idx].fnc ();
       if (list[idx].extra)
         {
           tmp = make_filename (s, list[idx].extra, NULL);
           s = tmp;
         }
       else
         tmp = NULL;
       if (!names)
         es_fprintf (fp, "%s:%s\n", list[idx].name, gc_percent_escape (s));
       else
         {
           for (j=0; names[j]; j++)
             if (!strcmp (names[j], list[idx].name))
               {
                 es_fputs (s, fp);
                 es_putc (opt.null? '\0':'\n', fp);
               }
         }
 
       xfree (tmp);
     }
 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
   tmp = read_w32_registry_string (NULL,
                                   GNUPG_REGISTRY_DIR,
                                   "HomeDir");
   if (tmp)
     {
       es_fflush (fp);
       log_info ("Warning: homedir taken from registry key (%s %s)\n",
                 GNUPG_REGISTRY_DIR, "HomeDir");
       xfree (tmp);
     }
 #endif /*HAVE_W32_SYSTEM*/
 }
 
 
 
 /* Check whether NAME is valid argument for query_swdb().  Valid names
  * start with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters or an
  * underscore.  */
 static int
 valid_swdb_name_p (const char *name)
 {
   if (!name || !*name || !alphap (name))
     return 0;
 
   for (name++; *name; name++)
     if (!alnump (name) && *name != '_')
       return 0;
 
   return 1;
 }
 
 
 /* Query the SWDB file.  If necessary and possible this functions asks
  * the dirmngr to load an updated version of that file.  The caller
  * needs to provide the NAME to query (e.g. "gnupg", "libgcrypt") and
  * optional the currently installed version in CURRENT_VERSION.  The
  * output written to OUT is a colon delimited line with these fields:
  *
  * name   :: The name of the package
  * curvers:: The installed version if given.
  * status :: This value tells the status of the software package
  *           '-' :: No information available
  *                  (error or CURRENT_VERSION not given)
  *           '?' :: Unknown NAME
  *           'u' :: Update available
  *           'c' :: The version is Current
  *           'n' :: The current version is already Newer than the
  *                  available one.
  * urgency :: If the value is greater than zero an urgent update is required.
  * error   :: 0 on success or an gpg_err_code_t
  *            Common codes seen:
  *            GPG_ERR_TOO_OLD :: The SWDB file is to old to be used.
  *            GPG_ERR_ENOENT  :: The SWDB file is not available.
  *            GPG_ERR_BAD_SIGNATURE :: Currupted SWDB file.
  * filedate:: Date of the swdb file (yyyymmddThhmmss)
  * verified:: Date we checked the validity of the file (yyyyymmddThhmmss)
  * version :: The version string from the swdb.
  * reldate :: Release date of that version (yyyymmddThhmmss)
  * size    :: Size of the package in bytes.
  * hash    :: SHA-2 hash of the package.
  *
  */
 static void
 query_swdb (estream_t out, const char *name, const char *current_version)
 {
   gpg_error_t err;
   const char *search_name;
   char *fname = NULL;
   estream_t fp = NULL;
   char *line = NULL;
   char *self_version = NULL;
   size_t length_of_line = 0;
   size_t  maxlen;
   ssize_t len;
   char *fields[2];
   char *p;
   gnupg_isotime_t filedate = {0};
   gnupg_isotime_t verified = {0};
   char *value_ver = NULL;
   gnupg_isotime_t value_date = {0};
   char *value_size = NULL;
   char *value_sha2 = NULL;
   unsigned long value_size_ul = 0;
   int status, i;
 
 
   if (!valid_swdb_name_p (name))
     {
       log_error ("error in package name '%s': %s\n",
                  name, gpg_strerror (GPG_ERR_INV_NAME));
       goto leave;
     }
   if (!strcmp (name, "gnupg"))
     search_name = GNUPG_SWDB_TAG;
   else if (!strcmp (name, "gnupg1"))
     search_name = "gnupg1";
   else
     search_name = name;
 
   if (!current_version && !strcmp (name, "gnupg"))
     {
       /* Use our own version but string a possible beta string.  */
       self_version = xstrdup (PACKAGE_VERSION);
       p = strchr (self_version, '-');
       if (p)
         *p = 0;
       current_version = self_version;
     }
 
   if (current_version && (strchr (current_version, ':')
                           || compare_version_strings (current_version, NULL)))
     {
       log_error ("error in version string '%s': %s\n",
                  current_version, gpg_strerror (GPG_ERR_INV_ARG));
       goto leave;
     }
 
   fname = make_filename (gnupg_homedir (), "swdb.lst", NULL);
   fp = es_fopen (fname, "r");
   if (!fp)
     {
       err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
       es_fprintf (out, "%s:%s:-::%u:::::::\n",
                   name,
                   current_version? current_version : "",
                   gpg_err_code (err));
       if (gpg_err_code (err) != GPG_ERR_ENOENT)
         log_error (_("error opening '%s': %s\n"), fname, gpg_strerror (err));
       goto leave;
     }
 
   /* Note that the parser uses the first occurrence of a matching
    * values and ignores possible duplicated values.  */
 
   maxlen = 2048; /* Set limit.  */
   while ((len = es_read_line (fp, &line, &length_of_line, &maxlen)) > 0)
     {
       if (!maxlen)
         {
           err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_LINE_TOO_LONG);
           log_error (_("error reading '%s': %s\n"), fname, gpg_strerror (err));
           goto leave;
         }
       /* Strip newline and carriage return, if present.  */
       while (len > 0 && (line[len - 1] == '\n' || line[len - 1] == '\r'))
 	line[--len] = '\0';
 
       if (split_fields (line, fields, DIM (fields)) < DIM(fields))
         continue; /* Skip empty lines and names w/o a value.  */
       if (*fields[0] == '#')
         continue; /* Skip comments.  */
 
       /* Record the meta data.  */
       if (!*filedate && !strcmp (fields[0], ".filedate"))
         {
           string2isotime (filedate, fields[1]);
           continue;
         }
       if (!*verified && !strcmp (fields[0], ".verified"))
         {
           string2isotime (verified, fields[1]);
           continue;
         }
 
       /* Tokenize the name.  */
       p = strrchr (fields[0], '_');
       if (!p)
         continue; /* Name w/o an underscore.  */
       *p++ = 0;
 
       /* Wait for the requested name.  */
       if (!strcmp (fields[0], search_name))
         {
           if (!strcmp (p, "ver") && !value_ver)
             value_ver = xstrdup (fields[1]);
           else if (!strcmp (p, "date") && !*value_date)
             string2isotime (value_date, fields[1]);
           else if (!strcmp (p, "size") && !value_size)
             value_size = xstrdup (fields[1]);
           else if (!strcmp (p, "sha2") && !value_sha2)
             value_sha2 = xstrdup (fields[1]);
         }
     }
   if (len < 0 || es_ferror (fp))
     {
       err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
       log_error (_("error reading '%s': %s\n"), fname, gpg_strerror (err));
       goto leave;
     }
 
   if (!*filedate || !*verified)
     {
       err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_INV_TIME);
       es_fprintf (out, "%s:%s:-::%u:::::::\n",
                   name,
                   current_version? current_version : "",
                   gpg_err_code (err));
       goto leave;
     }
 
   if (!value_ver)
     {
       es_fprintf (out, "%s:%s:?:::::::::\n",
                   name,
                   current_version? current_version : "");
       goto leave;
     }
 
   if (value_size)
     {
       gpg_err_set_errno (0);
       value_size_ul = strtoul (value_size, &p, 10);
       if (errno)
         value_size_ul = 0;
       else if (*p == 'k')
         value_size_ul *= 1024;
     }
 
   err = 0;
   status = '-';
   if (compare_version_strings (value_ver, NULL))
     err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE);
   else if (!current_version)
     ;
   else if (!(i = compare_version_strings (value_ver, current_version)))
     status = 'c';
   else if (i > 0)
     status = 'u';
   else
     status = 'n';
 
   es_fprintf (out, "%s:%s:%c::%d:%s:%s:%s:%s:%lu:%s:\n",
               name,
               current_version? current_version : "",
               status,
               err,
               filedate,
               verified,
               value_ver,
               value_date,
               value_size_ul,
               value_sha2? value_sha2 : "");
 
  leave:
   xfree (value_ver);
   xfree (value_size);
   xfree (value_sha2);
   xfree (line);
   es_fclose (fp);
   xfree (fname);
   xfree (self_version);
 }
 
 
 /* gpgconf main. */
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   gpg_error_t err;
   ARGPARSE_ARGS pargs;
   const char *fname;
   int no_more_options = 0;
   enum cmd_and_opt_values cmd = 0;
   estream_t outfp = NULL;
   int show_socket = 0;
 
   early_system_init ();
   gnupg_reopen_std (GPGCONF_NAME);
   set_strusage (my_strusage);
   log_set_prefix (GPGCONF_NAME, GPGRT_LOG_WITH_PREFIX);
 
   /* Make sure that our subsystems are ready.  */
   i18n_init();
   init_common_subsystems (&argc, &argv);
   gc_components_init ();
 
   /* Parse the command line. */
   pargs.argc  = &argc;
   pargs.argv  = &argv;
   pargs.flags =  1;  /* Do not remove the args.  */
   while (!no_more_options && optfile_parse (NULL, NULL, NULL, &pargs, opts))
     {
       switch (pargs.r_opt)
         {
         case oOutput:    opt.outfile = pargs.r.ret_str; break;
 	case oQuiet:     opt.quiet = 1; break;
         case oDryRun:    opt.dry_run = 1; break;
         case oRuntime:
 	  opt.runtime = 1;
 	  break;
         case oVerbose:   opt.verbose++; break;
         case oNoVerbose: opt.verbose = 0; break;
         case oHomedir:   gnupg_set_homedir (pargs.r.ret_str); break;
         case oBuilddir:  gnupg_set_builddir (pargs.r.ret_str); break;
         case oNull:      opt.null = 1; break;
         case oStatusFD:
           set_status_fd (translate_sys2libc_fd_int (pargs.r.ret_int, 1));
           break;
         case oShowSocket: show_socket = 1; break;
 
 	case aListDirs:
         case aListComponents:
         case aCheckPrograms:
         case aListOptions:
         case aChangeOptions:
         case aCheckOptions:
         case aApplyDefaults:
         case aApplyProfile:
         case aListConfig:
         case aCheckConfig:
         case aQuerySWDB:
         case aReload:
         case aLaunch:
         case aKill:
         case aCreateSocketDir:
         case aRemoveSocketDir:
         case aShowVersions:
 	  cmd = pargs.r_opt;
 	  break;
 
         default: pargs.err = 2; break;
 	}
     }
 
   if (log_get_errorcount (0))
     gpgconf_failure (GPG_ERR_USER_2);
 
   /* Print a warning if an argument looks like an option.  */
   if (!opt.quiet && !(pargs.flags & ARGPARSE_FLAG_STOP_SEEN))
     {
       int i;
 
       for (i=0; i < argc; i++)
         if (argv[i][0] == '-' && argv[i][1] == '-')
           log_info (_("Note: '%s' is not considered an option\n"), argv[i]);
     }
 
   fname = argc ? *argv : NULL;
 
   switch (cmd)
     {
     case aListComponents:
     default:
       /* List all components. */
       gc_component_list_components (get_outfp (&outfp));
       break;
 
     case aCheckPrograms:
       /* Check all programs. */
       gc_check_programs (get_outfp (&outfp));
       break;
 
     case aListOptions:
     case aChangeOptions:
     case aCheckOptions:
       if (!fname)
 	{
 	  es_fprintf (es_stderr, _("usage: %s [options] "), GPGCONF_NAME);
 	  es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
 	  es_fputs (_("Need one component argument"), es_stderr);
 	  es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
 	  gpgconf_failure (GPG_ERR_USER_2);
 	}
       else
 	{
 	  int idx = gc_component_find (fname);
 	  if (idx < 0)
 	    {
 	      es_fputs (_("Component not found"), es_stderr);
 	      es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
 	      gpgconf_failure (0);
 	    }
           if (cmd == aCheckOptions)
 	    gc_component_check_options (idx, get_outfp (&outfp), NULL);
           else
             {
               gc_component_retrieve_options (idx);
               if (gc_process_gpgconf_conf (NULL, 1, 0, NULL))
                 gpgconf_failure (0);
               if (cmd == aListOptions)
                 gc_component_list_options (idx, get_outfp (&outfp));
               else if (cmd == aChangeOptions)
                 gc_component_change_options (idx, es_stdin,
                                              get_outfp (&outfp), 0);
             }
 	}
       break;
 
     case aLaunch:
     case aKill:
       if (!fname)
 	{
 	  es_fprintf (es_stderr, _("usage: %s [options] "), GPGCONF_NAME);
 	  es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
 	  es_fputs (_("Need one component argument"), es_stderr);
 	  es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
 	  gpgconf_failure (GPG_ERR_USER_2);
 	}
       else if (!strcmp (fname, "all"))
         {
           if (cmd == aLaunch)
             {
               if (gc_component_launch (-1))
                 gpgconf_failure (0);
             }
           else
             {
               gc_component_kill (-1);
             }
         }
       else
         {
           /* Launch/Kill a given component.  */
           int idx;
 
           idx = gc_component_find (fname);
           if (idx < 0)
             {
               es_fputs (_("Component not found"), es_stderr);
               es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
               gpgconf_failure (0);
             }
           else if (cmd == aLaunch)
             {
               err = gc_component_launch (idx);
               if (show_socket)
                 {
                   char *names[2];
 
                   if (idx == GC_COMPONENT_GPG_AGENT)
                     names[0] = "agent-socket";
                   else if (idx == GC_COMPONENT_DIRMNGR)
                     names[0] = "dirmngr-socket";
                   else
                     names[0] = NULL;
                   names[1] = NULL;
                   get_outfp (&outfp);
                   list_dirs (outfp, names);
                 }
               if (err)
                 gpgconf_failure (0);
             }
           else
             {
               /* We don't error out if the kill failed because this
                  command should do nothing if the component is not
                  running.  */
               gc_component_kill (idx);
             }
         }
       break;
 
     case aReload:
       if (!fname || !strcmp (fname, "all"))
 	{
           /* Reload all.  */
           gc_component_reload (-1);
 	}
       else
         {
           /* Reload given component.  */
           int idx;
 
           idx = gc_component_find (fname);
           if (idx < 0)
             {
               es_fputs (_("Component not found"), es_stderr);
               es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
               gpgconf_failure (0);
             }
           else
             {
               gc_component_reload (idx);
             }
         }
       break;
 
     case aListConfig:
       if (gc_process_gpgconf_conf (fname, 0, 0, get_outfp (&outfp)))
         gpgconf_failure (0);
       break;
 
     case aCheckConfig:
       if (gc_process_gpgconf_conf (fname, 0, 0, NULL))
         gpgconf_failure (0);
       break;
 
     case aApplyDefaults:
       if (fname)
 	{
 	  es_fprintf (es_stderr, _("usage: %s [options] "), GPGCONF_NAME);
 	  es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
 	  es_fputs (_("No argument allowed"), es_stderr);
 	  es_putc ('\n', es_stderr);
 	  gpgconf_failure (GPG_ERR_USER_2);
 	}
-      if (!opt.dry_run)
-        gnupg_maybe_make_homedir (default_homedir (), opt.quiet);
+      if (!opt.dry_run && gnupg_access (gnupg_homedir (), F_OK))
+        gnupg_maybe_make_homedir (gnupg_homedir (), opt.quiet);
       gc_component_retrieve_options (-1);
       if (gc_process_gpgconf_conf (NULL, 1, 1, NULL))
         gpgconf_failure (0);
       break;
 
     case aApplyProfile:
-      if (!opt.dry_run)
-        gnupg_maybe_make_homedir (default_homedir (), opt.quiet);
+      if (!opt.dry_run && gnupg_access (gnupg_homedir (), F_OK))
+        gnupg_maybe_make_homedir (gnupg_homedir (), opt.quiet);
       gc_component_retrieve_options (-1);
       if (gc_apply_profile (fname))
         gpgconf_failure (0);
       break;
 
     case aListDirs:
       /* Show the system configuration directories for gpgconf.  */
       get_outfp (&outfp);
       list_dirs (outfp, argc? argv : NULL);
       break;
 
     case aQuerySWDB:
       /* Query the software version database.  */
       if (!fname || argc > 2)
 	{
 	  es_fprintf (es_stderr, "usage: %s --query-swdb NAME [VERSION]\n",
                       GPGCONF_NAME);
 	  gpgconf_failure (GPG_ERR_USER_2);
 	}
       get_outfp (&outfp);
       query_swdb (outfp, fname, argc > 1? argv[1] : NULL);
       break;
 
     case aCreateSocketDir:
       {
         char *socketdir;
         unsigned int flags;
 
         /* Make sure that the top /run/user/UID/gnupg dir has been
          * created.  */
         gnupg_socketdir ();
 
         /* Check the /var/run dir.  */
         socketdir = _gnupg_socketdir_internal (1, &flags);
         if ((flags & 64) && !opt.dry_run)
           {
             /* No sub dir - create it. */
             if (gnupg_mkdir (socketdir, "-rwx"))
               gc_error (1, errno, "error creating '%s'", socketdir);
             /* Try again.  */
             xfree (socketdir);
             socketdir = _gnupg_socketdir_internal (1, &flags);
           }
 
         /* Give some info.  */
         if ( (flags & ~32) || opt.verbose || opt.dry_run)
           {
             log_info ("socketdir is '%s'\n", socketdir);
             if ((flags &   1)) log_info ("\tgeneral error\n");
             if ((flags &   2)) log_info ("\tno /run/user dir\n");
             if ((flags &   4)) log_info ("\tbad permissions\n");
             if ((flags &   8)) log_info ("\tbad permissions (subdir)\n");
             if ((flags &  16)) log_info ("\tmkdir failed\n");
             if ((flags &  32)) log_info ("\tnon-default homedir\n");
             if ((flags &  64)) log_info ("\tno such subdir\n");
             if ((flags & 128)) log_info ("\tusing homedir as fallback\n");
           }
 
         if ((flags & ~32) && !opt.dry_run)
           gc_error (1, 0, "error creating socket directory");
 
         xfree (socketdir);
       }
       break;
 
     case aRemoveSocketDir:
       {
         char *socketdir;
         unsigned int flags;
 
         /* Check the /var/run dir.  */
         socketdir = _gnupg_socketdir_internal (1, &flags);
         if ((flags & 128))
           log_info ("ignoring request to remove non /run/user socket dir\n");
         else if (opt.dry_run)
           ;
         else if (rmdir (socketdir))
           {
             /* If the director is not empty we first try to delet
              * socket files.  */
             err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
             if (gpg_err_code (err) == GPG_ERR_ENOTEMPTY
                 || gpg_err_code (err) == GPG_ERR_EEXIST)
               {
                 static const char * const names[] = {
                   GPG_AGENT_SOCK_NAME,
                   GPG_AGENT_EXTRA_SOCK_NAME,
                   GPG_AGENT_BROWSER_SOCK_NAME,
                   GPG_AGENT_SSH_SOCK_NAME,
                   SCDAEMON_SOCK_NAME,
                   DIRMNGR_SOCK_NAME
                 };
                 int i;
                 char *p;
 
                 for (i=0; i < DIM(names); i++)
                   {
                     p = strconcat (socketdir , "/", names[i], NULL);
                     if (p)
                       gnupg_remove (p);
                     xfree (p);
                   }
                 if (rmdir (socketdir))
                   gc_error (1, 0, "error removing '%s': %s",
                             socketdir, gpg_strerror (err));
               }
             else if (gpg_err_code (err) == GPG_ERR_ENOENT)
               gc_error (0, 0, "warning: removing '%s' failed: %s",
                         socketdir, gpg_strerror (err));
             else
               gc_error (1, 0, "error removing '%s': %s",
                         socketdir, gpg_strerror (err));
           }
 
         xfree (socketdir);
       }
       break;
 
     case aShowVersions:
       {
         get_outfp (&outfp);
         show_versions (outfp);
       }
       break;
 
     }
 
   if (outfp != es_stdout)
     if (es_fclose (outfp))
       gc_error (1, errno, "error closing '%s'", opt.outfile);
 
 
   if (log_get_errorcount (0))
     gpgconf_failure (0);
   else
     gpgconf_write_status (STATUS_SUCCESS, NULL);
   return 0;
 }
 
 
 void
 gpgconf_failure (gpg_error_t err)
 {
   log_flush ();
   if (!err)
     err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_GENERAL);
   gpgconf_write_status
     (STATUS_FAILURE, "- %u",
      gpg_err_code (err) == GPG_ERR_USER_2? GPG_ERR_EINVAL : err);
   exit (gpg_err_code (err) == GPG_ERR_USER_2? 2 : 1);
 }
 
 
 
 /* Parse the revision part from the extended version blurb.  */
 static const char *
 get_revision_from_blurb (const char *blurb, int *r_len)
 {
   const char *s = blurb? blurb : "";
   int n;
 
   for (; *s; s++)
     if (*s == '\n' && s[1] == '(')
       break;
   if (s)
     {
       s += 2;
       for (n=0; s[n] && s[n] != ' '; n++)
         ;
     }
   else
     {
       s = "?";
       n = 1;
     }
   *r_len = n;
   return s;
 }
 
 
 static void
 show_version_gnupg (estream_t fp)
 {
   es_fprintf (fp, "* GnuPG %s (%s)\n%s\n",
               strusage (13), BUILD_REVISION, strusage (17));
 #ifdef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
   {
     OSVERSIONINFO osvi = { sizeof (osvi) };
 
     GetVersionEx (&osvi);
     es_fprintf (fp, "Windows %lu.%lu build %lu%s%s%s\n",
                 (unsigned long)osvi.dwMajorVersion,
                 (unsigned long)osvi.dwMinorVersion,
                 (unsigned long)osvi.dwBuildNumber,
                 *osvi.szCSDVersion? " (":"",
                 osvi.szCSDVersion,
                 *osvi.szCSDVersion? ")":""
                 );
   }
 #endif /*HAVE_W32_SYSTEM*/
 }
 
 
 static void
 show_version_libgcrypt (estream_t fp)
 {
   const char *s;
   int n;
 
   s = get_revision_from_blurb (gcry_check_version ("\x01\x01"), &n);
   es_fprintf (fp, "* Libgcrypt %s (%.*s)\n",
               gcry_check_version (NULL), n, s);
   s = gcry_get_config (0, NULL);
   if (s)
     es_fputs (s, fp);
 }
 
 
 static void
 show_version_gpgrt (estream_t fp)
 {
   const char *s;
   int n;
 
   s = get_revision_from_blurb (gpg_error_check_version ("\x01\x01"), &n);
   es_fprintf (fp, "* GpgRT %s (%.*s)\n",
               gpg_error_check_version (NULL), n, s);
 }
 
 
 /* Printing version information for other libraries is problematic
  * because we don't want to link gpgconf to all these libraries.  The
  * best solution is delegating this to dirmngr which uses libassuan,
  * libksba, libnpth and ntbtls anyway.  */
 static void
 show_versions_via_dirmngr (estream_t fp)
 {
   gpg_error_t err;
   const char *pgmname;
   const char *argv[2];
   estream_t outfp;
   pid_t pid;
   char *line = NULL;
   size_t line_len = 0;
   ssize_t length;
   int exitcode;
 
   pgmname = gnupg_module_name (GNUPG_MODULE_NAME_DIRMNGR);
   argv[0] = "--gpgconf-versions";
   argv[1] = NULL;
   err = gnupg_spawn_process (pgmname, argv, NULL, NULL, 0,
                              NULL, &outfp, NULL, &pid);
   if (err)
     {
       log_error ("error spawning %s: %s", pgmname, gpg_strerror (err));
       es_fprintf (fp, "[error: can't get further info]\n");
       return;
     }
 
   while ((length = es_read_line (outfp, &line, &line_len, NULL)) > 0)
     {
       /* Strip newline and carriage return, if present.  */
       while (length > 0
 	     && (line[length - 1] == '\n' || line[length - 1] == '\r'))
 	line[--length] = '\0';
       es_fprintf (fp, "%s\n", line);
     }
   if (length < 0 || es_ferror (outfp))
     {
       err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
       log_error ("error reading from %s: %s\n", pgmname, gpg_strerror (err));
     }
   if (es_fclose (outfp))
     {
       err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
       log_error ("error closing output stream of %s: %s\n",
                  pgmname, gpg_strerror (err));
     }
 
   err = gnupg_wait_process (pgmname, pid, 1, &exitcode);
   if (err)
     {
       log_error ("running %s failed (exitcode=%d): %s\n",
                  pgmname, exitcode, gpg_strerror (err));
       es_fprintf (fp, "[error: can't get further info]\n");
     }
   gnupg_release_process (pid);
   xfree (line);
 }
 
 
 /* Show all kind of version information.  */
 static void
 show_versions (estream_t fp)
 {
   show_version_gnupg (fp);
   es_fputc ('\n', fp);
   show_version_libgcrypt (fp);
   es_fputc ('\n', fp);
   show_version_gpgrt (fp);
   es_fputc ('\n', fp);
   show_versions_via_dirmngr (fp);
 }