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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2021-11-18 20:08:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-11-18 20:08:24 (GMT) |
| commit | 4575c01b750cd26377e803247c38d65dad15e26a (patch) | |
| tree | cb2ebc7996f5846a4aab6db7c1023cb2bc179f48 /Doc/library/sys.rst | |
| parent | 32959108f9c543e3cb9f2b68bbc782bddded6f42 (diff) | |
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bpo-45788: Link sys.prefix doc to 'Installation paths' (#29606)
... To the Installation paths section of the sysconfig doc.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index ee07ba1..175fc09 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -1216,13 +1216,10 @@ always available. .. data:: prefix A string giving the site-specific directory prefix where the platform - independent Python files are installed; by default, this is the string + independent Python files are installed; on Unix, the default is ``'/usr/local'``. This can be set at build time with the ``--prefix`` - argument to the :program:`configure` script. The main collection of Python - library modules is installed in the directory :file:`{prefix}/lib/python{X.Y}` - while the platform independent header files (all except :file:`pyconfig.h`) are - stored in :file:`{prefix}/include/python{X.Y}`, where *X.Y* is the version - number of Python, for example ``3.2``. + argument to the :program:`configure` script. See + :ref:`installation_paths` for derived paths. .. note:: If a :ref:`virtual environment <venv-def>` is in effect, this value will be changed in ``site.py`` to point to the virtual |