diff -up sage-5.9/spkg/build/sage-5.9/sage/all.py.orig sage-5.9/spkg/build/sage-5.9/sage/all.py
--- sage-5.9/spkg/build/sage-5.9/sage/all.py.orig	2013-05-06 13:45:07.053737291 -0300
+++ sage-5.9/spkg/build/sage-5.9/sage/all.py	2013-05-06 13:45:35.317738373 -0300
@@ -307,11 +307,11 @@ def _write_started_file():
 
     Check that the file exists when Sage is running::
 
-        sage: started_file = os.path.join(SAGE_LOCAL, 'etc', 'sage-started.txt')
+        sage: started_file = os.path.join(DOT_SAGE, 'sage-started.txt')
         sage: os.path.isfile(started_file)
         True
     """
-    started_file = os.path.join(SAGE_LOCAL, 'etc', 'sage-started.txt')
+    started_file = os.path.join(DOT_SAGE, 'sage-started.txt')
     # Do nothing if the file already exists
     if os.path.isfile(started_file):
         return