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  r73665 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2009-06-28 21:01:51 -0400 (Sun, 28 Jun 2009) | 2 lines

  Update docstrings for sys.getdlopenflags() and sys.setdlopenflags().
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  r73693 | jesse.noller | 2009-06-29 14:20:34 -0400 (Mon, 29 Jun 2009) | 1 line

  Bug 5906: add a documentation note for unix daemons vs. multiprocessing daemons
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  r73704 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:15:43 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line

  #6376: fix copy-n-paste oversight.
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  r73705 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:17:28 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line

  #6374: add a bit of explanation about shell=True on Windows.
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  r73707 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:35:11 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line

  #6371: fix link targets.
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  r73712 | ezio.melotti | 2009-06-30 18:51:06 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line

  Fixed defaultTestCase -> defaultTestResult
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  r73713 | ezio.melotti | 2009-06-30 18:56:16 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line

  Fixed a backslash that was not supposed to be there
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  r73824 | ezio.melotti | 2009-07-03 21:18:08 -0400 (Fri, 03 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6398 typo: versio. -> version.
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 89613ec..fa39480 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -586,12 +586,14 @@ sys_setdlopenflags(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 PyDoc_STRVAR(setdlopenflags_doc,
 "setdlopenflags(n) -> None\n\
 \n\
-Set the flags that will be used for dlopen() calls. Among other\n\
-things, this will enable a lazy resolving of symbols when importing\n\
-a module, if called as sys.setdlopenflags(0)\n\
-To share symbols across extension modules, call as\n\
-sys.setdlopenflags(dl.RTLD_NOW|dl.RTLD_GLOBAL)"
-);
+Set the flags used by the interpreter for dlopen calls, such as when the\n\
+interpreter loads extension modules.  Among other things, this will enable\n\
+a lazy resolving of symbols when importing a module, if called as\n\
+sys.setdlopenflags(0).  To share symbols across extension modules, call as\n\
+sys.setdlopenflags(ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL).  Symbolic names for the flag modules\n\
+can be either found in the ctypes module, or in the DLFCN module. If DLFCN\n\
+is not available, it can be generated from /usr/include/dlfcn.h using the\n\
+h2py script.");
 
 static PyObject *
 sys_getdlopenflags(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
@@ -605,10 +607,10 @@ sys_getdlopenflags(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 PyDoc_STRVAR(getdlopenflags_doc,
 "getdlopenflags() -> int\n\
 \n\
-Return the current value of the flags that are used for dlopen()\n\
-calls. The flag constants are defined in the dl module."
-);
-#endif
+Return the current value of the flags that are used for dlopen calls.\n\
+The flag constants are defined in the ctypes and DLFCN modules.");
+
+#endif	/* HAVE_DLOPEN */
 
 #ifdef USE_MALLOPT
 /* Link with -lmalloc (or -lmpc) on an SGI */