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authorVinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>2015-01-23 19:36:54 (GMT)
committerVinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>2015-01-23 19:36:54 (GMT)
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Closes #23202: pyvenv documentation updated to match its behavior.
-rw-r--r--Doc/using/venv-create.inc7
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diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
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--- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
+++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
Installs pip by default, added the ``--without-pip`` and ``--copies``
options
-If the target directory already exists an error will be raised, unless
-the ``--clear`` or ``--upgrade`` option was provided.
+.. 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.
The created ``pyvenv.cfg`` file also includes the
``include-system-site-packages`` key, set to ``true`` if ``venv`` is