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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-05-12 10:36:07 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-05-12 10:36:07 (GMT) |
| commit | 521ed521317ffd385afaabdd889879e7cb7461df (patch) | |
| tree | f53b513ccf4aa1b3ef6286730ba7b2a5fdf6aa6e /Doc/library | |
| parent | b3bd624a55ea5bf3a0e77cfa9d987d82ed23652f (diff) | |
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Closes issue #17732: ignore install-directory specific options in
distutils.cfg when a venv is active.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst index cd04808..dcea49f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/venv.rst +++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst @@ -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 --- |