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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/sys.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a5.rst | 2 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 98f63fb..880f252 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -1141,8 +1141,7 @@ always available. .. data:: platlibdir Name of the platform-specific library directory. It is used to build the - path of platform-specific dynamic libraries and the path of the standard - library. + path of standard library and the paths of installed extension modules. It is equal to ``"lib"`` on most platforms. On Fedora and SuSE, it is equal to ``"lib64"`` on 64-bit platforms which gives the following ``sys.path`` @@ -1153,8 +1152,10 @@ always available. * ``/usr/lib64/pythonX.Y/lib-dynload/``: C extension modules of the standard library (like the :mod:`errno` module, the exact filename is platform specific) - * ``/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` (always use ``lib``, not + * ``/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/`` (always use ``lib``, not :data:`sys.platlibdir`): Third-party modules + * ``/usr/lib64/pythonX.Y/site-packages/``: + C extension modules of third-party packages .. versionadded:: 3.9 diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst index a42ec09..6c3cbbe 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst @@ -552,10 +552,9 @@ sys --- Add a new :attr:`sys.platlibdir` attribute: name of the platform-specific -library directory. It is used to build the path of platform-specific dynamic -libraries and the path of the standard library. It is equal to ``"lib"`` on -most platforms. On Fedora and SuSE, it is equal to ``"lib64"`` on 64-bit -platforms. +library directory. It is used to build the path of standard library and the +paths of installed extension modules. It is equal to ``"lib"`` on most +platforms. On Fedora and SuSE, it is equal to ``"lib64"`` on 64-bit platforms. (Contributed by Jan Matějek, Matěj Cepl, Charalampos Stratakis and Victor Stinner in :issue:`1294959`.) Previously, :attr:`sys.stderr` was block-buffered when non-interactive. Now diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a5.rst index 7e2eaa3..01cbd44 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a5.rst +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a5.rst @@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ modules are built. Add ``--with-platlibdir`` option to the configure script: name of the platform-specific library directory, stored in the new :attr:`sys.platlibdir` attribute. It is used to build the path of -platform-specific dynamic libraries and the path of the standard library. It +platform-specific extension modules and the path of the standard library. It is equal to ``"lib"`` on most platforms. On Fedora and SuSE, it is equal to ``"lib64"`` on 64-bit platforms. Patch by Jan Matějek, Matěj Cepl, Charalampos Stratakis and Victor Stinner. |