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| author | Elena Oat <oat.elena@gmail.com> | 2018-07-28 12:58:05 (GMT) |
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| committer | Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com> | 2018-07-28 12:58:05 (GMT) |
| commit | 50326927465c3f5c6c0168fc43310c8e97db0a47 (patch) | |
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| parent | 8fe9eed937cb69b5e26ac6e36a90b5360eb11277 (diff) | |
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bpo-24356: Specify which Python binary will be used with venv (GH-6589)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst index b85d642..7058d3a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/venv.rst +++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst @@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ The :mod:`venv` module provides support for creating lightweight "virtual environments" with their own site directories, optionally isolated from system -site directories. Each virtual environment has its own Python binary (allowing -creation of environments with various Python versions) and can have its own -independent set of installed Python packages in its site directories. +site directories. Each virtual environment has its own Python binary (which +matches the version of the binary that was used to create this environment) and +can have its own independent set of installed Python packages in its site +directories. See :pep:`405` for more information about Python virtual environments. +.. seealso:: + + `Python Packaging User Guide: Creating and using virtual environments + <https://packaging.python.org/installing/#creating-virtual-environments>`__ Creating virtual environments |