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| author | Bo Bayles <bbayles@gmail.com> | 2019-01-10 17:51:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com> | 2019-01-10 17:51:28 (GMT) |
| commit | bab4bbb4c9cd5d25ede21a1b8c99d56e3b8dae9d (patch) | |
| tree | 19d671a97e376652b382b89e6d8596f645fc3646 /Doc | |
| parent | 572168a016ece1b7346695eb7289190c46f1ae55 (diff) | |
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bpo-32146: Add documentation about frozen executables on Unix (GH-5850)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 1d0920a..a778159 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ A library which wants to use a particular start method should probably use :func:`get_context` to avoid interfering with the choice of the library user. +.. warning:: + + The ``'spawn'`` and ``'forkserver'`` start methods cannot currently + be used with "frozen" executables (i.e., binaries produced by + packages like **PyInstaller** and **cx_Freeze**) on Unix. + The ``'fork'`` start method does work. + Exchanging objects between processes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |