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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-02-20 20:25:37 -0800 |
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| committer | Mariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-02-20 20:25:37 -0800 |
| commit | 98a86cbb9bed94a232263698041acd2775da3dad (patch) | |
| tree | e40c5f97884aa83c847809c0918cab2e70191fa8 /Doc/using | |
| parent | eed3c7af4ec520d324a55e0357f41589a66906f7 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-98a86cbb9bed94a232263698041acd2775da3dad.tar.gz | |
bpo-32540: Update venv documentation (GH-5736)
If the directory already exists, it will be re-used.
(cherry picked from commit e8eb972514cad6086b752754c1d34d703c04dd82)
Co-authored-by: TROUVERIE Joachim <joachim.trouverie@linoame.fr>
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/using')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/using/venv-create.inc | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index 4292592ba7..4c7795ad80 100644 --- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc +++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ 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``). +subdirectory (on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing +directory is specified, it will be re-used. .. deprecated:: 3.6 ``pyvenv`` was the recommended tool for creating virtual environments for @@ -71,9 +72,7 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options:: .. versionchanged:: 3.4 In earlier versions, if the target directory already existed, an error was - raised, unless the ``--clear`` or ``--upgrade`` option was provided. Now, - if an existing directory is specified, its contents are removed and - the directory is processed as if it had been newly created. + raised, unless the ``--clear`` or ``--upgrade`` option was provided. The created ``pyvenv.cfg`` file also includes the ``include-system-site-packages`` key, set to ``true`` if ``venv`` is |