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authorVictor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com>2019-06-05 21:59:33 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-06-05 21:59:33 +0200
commit1e77ab0a35cf95318bb4893f7253a30f73201163 (patch)
tree4b45aef988036c6994b21f3784399a1ebb4f2626
parent66c4f3f38b867d8329b28c032bb907fd1a2f22d2 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-1e77ab0a35cf95318bb4893f7253a30f73201163.tar.gz
bpo-33725, multiprocessing doc: rephase warning against fork on macOS (GH-13841)
Co-Authored-By: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst5
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 6c07124f97..d8182feab9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ to start a process. These *start methods* are
.. versionchanged:: 3.8
- On macOS, *spawn* start method is now the default: *fork* start method is no
- longer reliable on macOS, see :issue:`33725`.
+ On macOS, the *spawn* start method is now the default. The *fork* start
+ method should be considered unsafe as it can lead to crashes of the
+ subprocess. See :issue:`33725`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
*spawn* added on all unix platforms, and *forkserver* added for