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| author | Anderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com> | 2022-11-17 14:00:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Anderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com> | 2022-11-17 14:00:31 +0000 |
| commit | a04edbe7e4b59a2af7b714196f9fe5f25dec20c2 (patch) | |
| tree | a1a6f910f6a12e83f4ca532d7e90da72751b004b | |
| parent | a0e8e53cecc238e3bce2247308fe7dd94114ef35 (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-a04edbe7e4b59a2af7b714196f9fe5f25dec20c2.tar.gz | |
Add note about global distutils.cfg
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/deprecated/distutils-legacy.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/docs/deprecated/distutils-legacy.rst b/docs/deprecated/distutils-legacy.rst index e106ce97..63c8ff07 100644 --- a/docs/deprecated/distutils-legacy.rst +++ b/docs/deprecated/distutils-legacy.rst @@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ Since the 60.0.0 release, Setuptools includes a local, vendored copy of distutil SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib +.. warning:: + Please note that this also affects how ``distutils.cfg`` files inside stdlib's ``distutils`` + package directory are processed. + Unless ``SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib``, they will have no effect on the build process. + + You can still use a global user config file, ``~/.pydistutils.cfg`` (POSIX) or ``%USERPROFILE%/pydistutils.cfg`` (Windows), + or use the environment variable :doc:`DIST_EXTRA_CONFIG <deprecated/distutils/configfile>` to point to another + supplementary configuration file. + Prefer Setuptools ----------------- |