(modulo nasty race conditions). There are three possible config files: distutils.cfg in the Distutils installation directory (ie. where the top-level Distutils __inst__.py file lives), a file in the user's home directory named .pydistutils.cfg on Unix and pydistutils.cfg on Windows/Mac; and setup.cfg in the current directory. The file in the user's home directory can be disabled with the --no-user-cfg option. Ú distutilsz distutils.cfgÚ