Fix uses of home_config_file when it goes missing due to --force-config.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
index 2f2c7a66..90bed195 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ local defaults = {
 }
 
 if detected.windows then
-   home_config_file = home_config_file:gsub("\\","/")
+   home_config_file = home_config_file and home_config_file:gsub("\\","/")
    defaults.fs_use_modules = false
    defaults.arch = "win32-"..proc
    defaults.platforms = {"win32", "windows" }
diff --git a/src/luarocks/help.lua b/src/luarocks/help.lua
index 45fc3bb4..2944dfd8 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/help.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/help.lua
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ function run(...)
          util.printout("\t", command.help_summary)
       end
       print_section("CONFIGURATION")
-      util.printout([[
-        System configuration file: ]]..sys_file .. " (" .. get_status(sys_ok) ..[[)
-        User configuration file: ]]..home_file .. " (" .. get_status(home_ok) ..")\n")
+      util.printout("\tSystem configuration file: ".. sys_file .. " (" .. get_status(sys_ok) ..")")
+      if home_file then
+         util.printout("\tUser configuration file: ".. home_file .. " (" .. get_status(home_ok) ..")\n")
+      else
+         util.printout("\tUser configuration file disabled in this LuaRocks installation.\n")
+      end
    else
       command = command:gsub("-", "_")
       if commands[command] then