From f5107dfd42121ef40b13eb678705802f0ff02cf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mkkot Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:28:52 +0100 Subject: =?UTF-8?q?bpo-35450:=20reflect=20in=20docs=20that=20venv=20module?= =?UTF-8?q?=20is=20not=20always=20creating=20a=20=E2=80=A6=20(GH-11144)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit …copy of python binary https://bugs.python.org/issue35450 --- Doc/using/venv-create.inc | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index 45abd59..ba5096a 100644 --- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc +++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ Running this command creates the target directory (creating any parent directories that don't exist already) and places a ``pyvenv.cfg`` file in it with a ``home`` key pointing to the Python installation from which the command was run. It also creates a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory -containing a copy of the ``python`` binary (or binaries, in the case of -Windows). It also creates an (initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` -subdirectory (on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing +containing a copy/symlink of the Python binary/binaries (as appropriate for the +platform or arguments used at environment creation time). It also creates an +(initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory +(on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing directory is specified, it will be re-used. .. deprecated:: 3.6 -- cgit v0.12