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Fixed #6556: Corrected doc on how Distutils looks for its user configuration file under Windows

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Tarek Ziadé 2009-08-21 14:11:26 +00:00
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Doc/install/index.rst
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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.
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I.e., in the current directory (usually the location of the setup script).
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1.5.2 installation under Windows.
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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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Documentation
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- Issue #6556: Fixed the Distutils configuration files location explanation
for Windows.
- Issue #2235: the C API function PyObject_HashNotImplemented and its
interaction with the tp_hash slot (added in 2.6b2) are now documented