diff -r c54ecfc360a9 -r df5e58c84b01 mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py	Mon Jul 24 09:19:25 2006 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Mon Jul 24 09:22:47 2006 -0700
@@ -517,10 +517,12 @@
     try:
         return getpass.getuser()
     except ImportError:
+        # import of pwd will fail on windows - try fallback
         if getuser_fallback:
             return getuser_fallback()
-    raise util.Abort(_('user name not available - set USERNAME '
-                       'environment variable'))
+    # raised if win32api not available
+    raise Abort(_('user name not available - set USERNAME '
+                  'environment variable'))
 
 # Platform specific variants
 if os.name == 'nt':