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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 |