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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2002-04-04 20:02:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2002-04-04 20:02:04 (GMT) |
| commit | 3318792e5f752745eb93e5cc2d477f07bfcf3b1b (patch) | |
| tree | 57c88ae84c864a60b0f8f63b2e4ef84b68856e9b /Misc | |
| parent | fed7e8579146be36ae7d87c177f27147d2f8e352 (diff) | |
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SF bug 497854: Short-cuts missing for All Users
Fix Windows-specific install glitch. Tested on Win2K, but I can't test
on XP.
Already checked in to the release22-maint branch.
Diffstat (limited to 'Misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ Tests Windows +- The installer now installs Start menu shortcuts under (the local + equivalent of) "All Users" when doing an Admin install. + - file.truncate([newsize]) now works on Windows for all newsize values. It used to fail if newsize didn't fit in 32 bits, reflecting a limitation of MS _chsize (which is no longer used). @@ -151,7 +154,9 @@ Windows the same as, os.waitpid() on POSIX systems. If you're waiting for a specific process whose pid was obtained from one of the spawn() functions, the same Python os.waitpid() code works across platforms. - See the docs for details. + See the docs for details. The docs were changed to clarify that + spawn functions return, and waitpid requires, a process handle on + Windows (not the same thing as a Windows process id). - New tempfile.TemporaryFile implementation for Windows: this doesn't need a TemproraryFileWrapper wrapper anymore, and should be immune |