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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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Doc/install/index.rst
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(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).
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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:

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Misc/NEWS
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- Issue 5390: Add uninstall icon independent of whether file
extensions are installed.
Documenation
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- Issue #6556: Fixed the Distutils configuration files location explanation
for Windows.
Tests
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