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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-01-30 14:14:35 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-01-30 14:14:35 -0800 |
| commit | 03082a836b707528f885080bda9732d89849d4e3 (patch) | |
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bpo-35854: Fix EnvBuilder and --symlinks in venv on Windows (GH-11700)
(cherry picked from commit a1f9a3332bd4767e47013ea787022f06b6dbcbbd)
Co-authored-by: Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/using/venv-create.inc | 5 |
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diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index ba5096abd3..1ba538bec4 100644 --- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc +++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc @@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options:: In earlier versions, if the target directory already existed, an error was raised, unless the ``--clear`` or ``--upgrade`` option was provided. +.. note:: + While symlinks are supported on Windows, they are not recommended. Of + particular note is that double-clicking ``python.exe`` in File Explorer + will resolve the symlink eagerly and ignore the virtual environment. + The created ``pyvenv.cfg`` file also includes the ``include-system-site-packages`` key, set to ``true`` if ``venv`` is run with the ``--system-site-packages`` option, ``false`` otherwise. |