From: R David Murray Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:36:25 +0000 (-0500) Subject: whatsnew: pyvenv --copies option. X-Git-Tag: v3.4.1rc1~233^2~229 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=27519673d3ca0d265d719233e6a43f1afa3fe2fc;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git whatsnew: pyvenv --copies option. Also added the missing documentation for new new option. --- diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index 997e24bd2b51..879ab7af674f 100644 --- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc +++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options:: virtual environment. --symlinks Try to use symlinks rather than copies, when symlinks are not the default for the platform. + --copies Try to use copies rather than symlinks, even when + symlinks are the default for the platform. --clear Delete the environment directory if it already exists. If not specified and the directory exists, an error is raised. @@ -47,7 +49,8 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options:: environment (pip is bootstrapped by default) .. versionchanged:: 3.4 - Installs pip by default, added the ``--without-pip`` option + Installs pip by default, added the ``--without-pip`` and ``--copies`` + options If the target directory already exists an error will be raised, unless the ``--clear`` or ``--upgrade`` option was provided. diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index b20b64c287ef..d474a95f422a 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -1508,6 +1508,10 @@ Other Improvements Stinner using his :pep:`445`-based ``pyfailmalloc`` tool (:issue:`18408`, :issue:`18520`). +* The :ref:`pyvenv ` command now accepts a ``--copies`` option + to use copies rather than symlinks even on systems where symlinks are the + default. (Contributed by Vinay Sajip in :issue:`18807`.) + Significant Optimizations -------------------------