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| author | Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek@gmail.com> | 2009-08-21 14:22:45 +0000 |
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| committer | Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek@gmail.com> | 2009-08-21 14:22:45 +0000 |
| commit | f3b33221046edcf508b807b79a2a5fbb1b66b9cb (patch) | |
| tree | 177aad7b39e8e6606f852c282d49e89a07fcb5ba /Doc/install | |
| parent | 3ee22ece591915b69ba223695013c055e0eb86da (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-f3b33221046edcf508b807b79a2a5fbb1b66b9cb.tar.gz | |
Merged revisions 74533 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
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r74533 | tarek.ziade | 2009-08-21 16:11:26 +0200 (Fri, 21 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Fixed #6556: Corrected doc on how Distutils looks for its user configuration file under Windows
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/install/index.rst b/Doc/install/index.rst index 42f41a7e83..36460610f6 100644 --- a/Doc/install/index.rst +++ b/Doc/install/index.rst @@ -703,7 +703,8 @@ 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). @@ -718,9 +719,10 @@ 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: |