[Python-checkins] r71634 - in python/branches/release30-maint: Doc/library/subprocess.rst

[r.david.murray]

Author: r.david.murray
Date: Thu Apr 16 00:38:32 2009
New Revision: 71634

Log:
Merged revisions 71633 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k

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  r71633 | r.david.murray | 2009-04-15 18:35:15 -0400 (Wed, 15 Apr 2009) | 11 lines
  
  Merged revisions 71631 via svnmerge from 
  svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
  
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    r71631 | r.david.murray | 2009-04-15 18:33:07 -0400 (Wed, 15 Apr 2009) | 4 lines
    
    Fix for issue3440: add warning to subprocess discussion of
    env parameter that on Windows SystemRoot is required in order
    to run side-by-side assemblies.
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Modified:
   python/branches/release30-maint/   (props changed)
   python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/subprocess.rst

Modified: python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
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--- python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/subprocess.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/subprocess.rst	Thu Apr 16 00:38:32 2009
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@
    variables for the new process; these are used instead of inheriting the current
    process' environment, which is the default behavior.
 
+   .. warning::
+
+      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
+      :envvar:`SystemRoot`.
+
    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