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diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst index d5080da..11c6707 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst @@ -595,6 +595,10 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules. .. audit-event:: shutil.make_archive base_name,format,root_dir,base_dir shutil.make_archive + .. note:: + + This function is not thread-safe. + .. versionchanged:: 3.8 The modern pax (POSIX.1-2001) format is now used instead of the legacy GNU format for archives created with ``format="tar"``. diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-07-20-21-03-18.bpo-30511.eMFkRi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-07-20-21-03-18.bpo-30511.eMFkRi.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a358fb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-07-20-21-03-18.bpo-30511.eMFkRi.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Clarify that :func:`shutil.make_archive` is not thread-safe due to +reliance on changing the current working directory. |