From f4ac1494dc0dc9c414cb5ca293afa5ee7044bab3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "R. David Murray" Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:35:15 +0000 Subject: Merged revisions 71631 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r71631 | r.david.murray | 2009-04-15 18:33:07 -0400 (Wed, 15 Apr 2009) | 4 lines Fix for issue3440: add warning to subprocess discussion of env parameter that on Windows SystemRoot is required in order to run side-by-side assemblies. ........ --- Doc/library/subprocess.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 7f5e1ab..8ae01da 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`: variables for the new process; these are used instead of inheriting the current process' environment, which is the default behavior. + .. warning:: + + When replacing the environment you must provide any variables + required for the program to execute. On Windows, in order to run + a side-by-side assembly the specified *env* must include a valid + :envvar:`SystemRoot`. + If *universal_newlines* is :const:`True`, the file objects stdout and stderr are opened as text files, but lines may be terminated by any of ``'\n'``, the Unix end-of-line convention, ``'\r'``, the old Macintosh convention or ``'\r\n'``, the -- cgit v0.12