gh-121103: Update site module docs for free-threaded installs (#122737)

Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com>

diff --git a/Doc/library/site.rst b/Doc/library/site.rst
index 1c420419568a908ba040887268c9ac8c65f68964..871cfefc8de31073dd780e4c088a4d1e2079f29a 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/site.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/site.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ It starts by constructing up to four directories from a head and a tail part.
 For the head part, it uses ``sys.prefix`` and ``sys.exec_prefix``; empty heads
 are skipped.  For the tail part, it uses the empty string and then
 :file:`lib/site-packages` (on Windows) or
-:file:`lib/python{X.Y}/site-packages` (on Unix and macOS).  For each
+:file:`lib/python{X.Y[t]}/site-packages` (on Unix and macOS). (The
+optional suffix "t" indicates the :term:`free threading` build, and is
+appended if ``"t"`` is present in the :attr:`sys.abiflags` constant.)
+For each
 of the distinct head-tail combinations, it sees if it refers to an existing
 directory, and if so, adds it to ``sys.path`` and also inspects the newly
 added path for configuration files.
@@ -40,6 +43,11 @@ added path for configuration files.
 .. versionchanged:: 3.5
    Support for the "site-python" directory has been removed.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.13
+   On Unix, :term:`Free threading <free threading>` Python installations are
+   identified by the "t" suffix in the version-specific directory name, such as
+   :file:`lib/python3.13t/`.
+
 If a file named "pyvenv.cfg" exists one directory above sys.executable,
 sys.prefix and sys.exec_prefix are set to that directory and
 it is also checked for site-packages (sys.base_prefix and
@@ -188,11 +196,12 @@ Module contents
 
    Path to the user site-packages for the running Python.  Can be ``None`` if
    :func:`getusersitepackages` hasn't been called yet.  Default value is
-   :file:`~/.local/lib/python{X.Y}/site-packages` for UNIX and non-framework
+   :file:`~/.local/lib/python{X.Y}[t]/site-packages` for UNIX and non-framework
    macOS builds, :file:`~/Library/Python/{X.Y}/lib/python/site-packages` for macOS
    framework builds, and :file:`{%APPDATA%}\\Python\\Python{XY}\\site-packages`
-   on Windows.  This directory is a site directory, which means that
-   :file:`.pth` files in it will be processed.
+   on Windows.  The optional "t" indicates the free-threaded build.  This
+   directory is a site directory, which means that :file:`.pth` files in it
+   will be processed.
 
 
 .. data:: USER_BASE