From 27519673d3ca0d265d719233e6a43f1afa3fe2fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: R David Murray Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 11:36:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] whatsnew: pyvenv --copies option. Also added the missing documentation for new new option. --- Doc/using/venv-create.inc | 5 ++++- Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index 997e24bd2b..879ab7af67 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 b20b64c287..d474a95f42 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 ------------------------- -- 2.50.1