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author | R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2009-04-15 22:34:30 (GMT) |
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committer | R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2009-04-15 22:34:30 (GMT) |
commit | 0ec635138fc97e496407413878845fa5a7e37de4 (patch) | |
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r71631 | r.david.murray | 2009-04-15 18:33:07 -0400 (Wed, 15 Apr 2009) | 4 lines
Fix for issue3440: add warning to subprocess discussion of
env parameter that on Windows SystemRoot is required in order
to run side-by-side assemblies.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 250a926..bdce318 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`: variables for the new process; these are used instead of inheriting the current process' environment, which is the default behavior. + .. warning:: + + When replacing the environment you must provide any variables + required for the program to execute. On Windows, in order to run + a side-by-side assembly the specified *env* must include a valid + :envvar:`SystemRoot`. + If *universal_newlines* is :const:`True`, the file objects stdout and stderr are opened as text files, but lines may be terminated by any of ``'\n'``, the Unix end-of-line convention, ``'\r'``, the old Macintosh convention or ``'\r\n'``, the |