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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/venv')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/venv/__init__.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/venv/__init__.py b/Lib/venv/__init__.py index 3c0d7af903..3920747931 100644 --- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py +++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py @@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ class EnvBuilder: behaviour when called upon to create a virtual environment. By default, the builder makes the system (global) site-packages dir - available to the created environment. + *un*available to the created environment. - By default, the creation process uses symlinks wherever possible. + If invoked using the Python -m option, the default is to use copying + on Windows platforms but symlinks elsewhere. If instantiated some + other way, the default is to *not* use symlinks. :param system_site_packages: If True, the system (global) site-packages dir is available to created environments. @@ -322,8 +324,9 @@ def create(env_dir, system_site_packages=False, clear=False, symlinks=False): """ Create a virtual environment in a directory. - By default, makes the system (global) site-packages dir available to - the created environment. + By default, makes the system (global) site-packages dir *un*available to + the created environment, and uses copying rather than symlinking for files + obtained from the source Python installation. :param env_dir: The target directory to create an environment in. :param system_site_packages: If True, the system (global) site-packages |