From 87e82bb0e384f4b3124374ec2f72c6e051e413ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ned Deily Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:52:59 -0700 Subject: Issue #9516: Update Misc/NEWS. --- Misc/NEWS | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 31bc0cd..024d38d 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ Core and Builtins Library ------- +- Issue #9516: On Mac OS X, change Distutils to no longer globally attempt to + check or set the MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET environment variable for the + interpreter process. This could cause failures in non-Distutils subprocesses + and was unreliable since tests or user programs could modify the interpreter + environment after Distutils set it. Instead, have Distutils set the the + deployment target only in the environment of each build subprocess. It is + still possible to globally override the default by setting + MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET before launching the interpreter; its value must be + greater or equal to the default value, the value with which the interpreter + was built. + - Issue #11802: The cache in filecmp now has a maximum size of 100 so that it won't grow without bound. -- cgit v0.12