From: R. David Murray Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:15:32 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Merged revisions 71651 via svnmerge from X-Git-Tag: v3.1b1~275 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1055e89a258ab8257b0fd91ac0ae11a21ff37b4c;p=python Merged revisions 71651 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r71651 | r.david.murray | 2009-04-16 14:12:53 -0400 (Thu, 16 Apr 2009) | 2 lines Less red ink (warning->note) and add link to def of side-by-side assembly. ........ --- diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 8ae01da94e..ed9a7624d3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -97,13 +97,15 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`: variables for the new process; these are used instead of inheriting the current process' environment, which is the default behavior. - .. warning:: + .. note:: - When replacing the environment you must provide any variables - required for the program to execute. On Windows, in order to run - a side-by-side assembly the specified *env* must include a valid + If specified, *env* must provide any variables required + for the program to execute. On Windows, in order to run a + `side-by-side assembly`_ the specified *env* **must** include a valid :envvar:`SystemRoot`. + .. _side-by-side assembly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-by-Side_Assembly + If *universal_newlines* is :const:`True`, the file objects stdout and stderr are opened as text files, but lines may be terminated by any of ``'\n'``, the Unix end-of-line convention, ``'\r'``, the old Macintosh convention or ``'\r\n'``, the