From f887252d33106bdd15aabfafe80ee29142be5d78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emmanuel Arias Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:03:31 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] use global instead of system-wide specific on doc that global config file is shared by all python installation --- docs/html/user_guide.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/html/user_guide.rst b/docs/html/user_guide.rst index 16585f12d..9efa9703c 100644 --- a/docs/html/user_guide.rst +++ b/docs/html/user_guide.rst @@ -380,17 +380,19 @@ variable ``PIP_CONFIG_FILE``. :file:`C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\pip\\pip.ini` * On Windows 7 and later the file is hidden, but writeable at :file:`C:\\ProgramData\\pip\\pip.ini` -* System-wide configuration is not supported on Windows Vista +* Global configuration is not supported on Windows Vista. + +The global configuration file is shared by whole Python installation. If multiple configuration files are found by pip then they are combined in the following order: -1. The system-wide file is read +1. The global file is read 2. The per-user file is read 3. The virtualenv-specific file is read Each file read overrides any values read from previous files, so if the -global timeout is specified in both the system-wide file and the per-user file +global timeout is specified in both the global file and the per-user file then the latter value will be used. The names of the settings are derived from the long command line option, e.g.