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| author | Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek@gmail.com> | 2009-08-21 14:11:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek@gmail.com> | 2009-08-21 14:11:26 (GMT) |
| commit | f721666d33f7d25a31333300e7be59f530f4508b (patch) | |
| tree | a5bdf5b8331ea438aad7d24fc140adecb2bb7b24 /Doc/install | |
| parent | 333c6e7d8f7233edf6a58d848ddf52764fd4f248 (diff) | |
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Fixed #6556: Corrected doc on how Distutils looks for its user configuration file under Windows
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diff --git a/Doc/install/index.rst b/Doc/install/index.rst index b1b9468..c67ccee 100644 --- a/Doc/install/index.rst +++ b/Doc/install/index.rst @@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ Notes: (2) On Unix, if the :envvar:`HOME` environment variable is not defined, the user's home directory will be determined with the :func:`getpwuid` function from the - standard :mod:`pwd` module. + standard :mod:`pwd` module. This is done by the :func:`os.path.expanduser` + function used by Distutils. (3) I.e., in the current directory (usually the location of the setup script). @@ -721,9 +722,10 @@ Notes: 1.5.2 installation under Windows. (5) - On Windows, if the :envvar:`HOME` environment variable is not defined, no - personal configuration file will be found or used. (In other words, the - Distutils make no attempt to guess your home directory on Windows.) + On Windows, if the :envvar:`HOME` environment variable is not defined, + :envvar:`USERPROFILE` then :envvar:`HOMEDRIVE` and :envvar:`HOMEPATH` will + be tried. This is done by the :func:`os.path.expanduser` function used + by Distutils. .. _inst-config-syntax: |