[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

Éric Araujo added the comment: Too late to change this in distutils now. -- components: -Distutils2 nosy: +dstufft resolution: accepted -> wont fix stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: -3rd party, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2

[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

Changes by Jean-Paul Calderone : -- nosy: -exarkun ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail

[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

Éric Araujo added the comment: Re-adding distutils because of the $HOME vs. os.path.expanduser fix. -- components: +Distutils versions: +3rd party, Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker

[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

Éric Araujo added the comment: Let me add that os.path.expanduser is the Right Way™ to get a user’s home directory on POSIX too, since not every setup has a $HOME envvar or a /etc/passwd file. The only interface one should use is the pwd module (or getent in shell scripts), and so does os.pa

[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

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[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: The mac/win difference is with the starting dot because it's impossible under windows to name a file under the directory browser UI that starts with a ".". You have to be a power-user to do so. (pydistutils.cfg versus .pydistutils.cfg) Now for pydistutils.cfg vs

[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

Zooko O'Whielacronx added the comment: I was spurred to write this ticket today because of a conversation with J.P. Calderone: but, I have no clue where distutils.cfg goes on Windows -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

New submission from Zooko O'Whielacronx : Currently we have this: http://docs.python.org/install/#location-and-names-of-config-files The distutils config file can have one of four different names depending on which platform and which location. This makes it harder for people to remember the fi