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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst index 4c86f3e..9b02687 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst @@ -2605,6 +2605,11 @@ By default, the commands ``pip``, ``pipX`` and ``pipX.Y`` will be installed on all platforms (where X.Y stands for the version of the Python installation), along with the ``pip`` Python package and its dependencies. +For CPython :ref:`source builds on POSIX systems <building-python-on-unix>`, +the ``make install`` and ``make altinstall`` commands do not bootstrap ``pip`` +by default. This behaviour can be controlled through configure options, and +overridden through Makefile options. + On Windows and Mac OS X, the CPython installers now default to installing ``pip`` along with CPython itself (users may opt out of installing it during the installation process). Window users will need to opt in to the |