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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-12-14 12:37:45 -0800 |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <brettcannon@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-12-14 12:37:45 -0800 |
| commit | 1fb312ce1f147ea84ecb6f5993a20d1a85c53dc3 (patch) | |
| tree | f15230dabac0225d4b9f6dcf04935b6499e58cc4 | |
| parent | f2df9b9129193020b3ecacc6d1e9ee314963d08f (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-1fb312ce1f147ea84ecb6f5993a20d1a85c53dc3.tar.gz | |
bpo-35450: reflect in docs that venv module is not always creating a copy of the Python binary (GH-11144) (GH-11168)
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/using/venv-create.inc | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index 7e8ae4a85f..d2f76afc27 100644 --- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc +++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ Running this command creates the target directory (creating any parent directories that don't exist already) and places a ``pyvenv.cfg`` file in it with a ``home`` key pointing to the Python installation from which the command was run. It also creates a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory -containing a copy of the ``python`` binary (or binaries, in the case of -Windows). It also creates an (initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` -subdirectory (on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing +containing a copy/symlink of the Python binary/binaries (as appropriate for the +platform or arguments used at environment creation time). It also creates an +(initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory +(on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing directory is specified, it will be re-used. .. deprecated:: 3.6 |