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Diffstat (limited to 'Misc/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ Tests Windows +- The installer now installs Start menu shortcuts under (the local + equivalent of) "All Users" when doing an Admin install. + - file.truncate([newsize]) now works on Windows for all newsize values. It used to fail if newsize didn't fit in 32 bits, reflecting a limitation of MS _chsize (which is no longer used). @@ -151,7 +154,9 @@ Windows the same as, os.waitpid() on POSIX systems. If you're waiting for a specific process whose pid was obtained from one of the spawn() functions, the same Python os.waitpid() code works across platforms. - See the docs for details. + See the docs for details. The docs were changed to clarify that + spawn functions return, and waitpid requires, a process handle on + Windows (not the same thing as a Windows process id). - New tempfile.TemporaryFile implementation for Windows: this doesn't need a TemproraryFileWrapper wrapper anymore, and should be immune |