Fixed #6556: Corrected doc on how Distutils looks for its user configuration file under Windows
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 @@
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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).
@@ -721,9 +722,10 @@
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:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a8a738d..2fb04a4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1783,6 +1783,9 @@
Documentation
-------------
+- 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