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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-05-12 10:37:12 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-05-12 10:37:12 (GMT)
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@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Creating virtual environments
:attr:`sys.exec_prefix` is the same as :attr:`sys.base_exec_prefix` (they
all point to a non-venv Python installation).
+ When a venv is active, any options that change the installation path will be
+ ignored from all distutils configuration files to prevent projects being
+ inadvertently installed outside of the virtual environment.
+
API
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