[Python-checkins] gh-92219: Clarify that some options to the installer may break the install (GH-95548)
zooba
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Mon Aug 1 19:57:56 EDT 2022
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d2c1a9c76c001b18c14e50779b0ee41ea4ccf0b3
commit: d2c1a9c76c001b18c14e50779b0ee41ea4ccf0b3
branch: main
author: Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org>
committer: zooba <steve.dower at microsoft.com>
date: 2022-08-02T00:57:46+01:00
summary:
gh-92219: Clarify that some options to the installer may break the install (GH-95548)
files:
M Doc/using/windows.rst
diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 1025c14e397df..2db73c8c5b9c2 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -194,18 +194,22 @@ of available options is shown below.
| Include_debug | Install debug binaries | 0 |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Include_dev | Install developer headers and | 1 |
-| | libraries | |
+| | libraries. Omitting this may lead to | |
+| | an unusable installation. | |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Include_exe | Install :file:`python.exe` and | 1 |
-| | related files | |
+| | related files. Omitting this may | |
+| | lead to an unusable installation. | |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Include_launcher | Install :ref:`launcher`. | 1 |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
-| InstallLauncherAllUsers | Installs :ref:`launcher` for all | 1 |
-| | users. | |
+| InstallLauncherAllUsers | Installs the launcher for all | 1 |
+| | users. Also requires | |
+| | ``Include_launcher`` to be set to 1 | |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Include_lib | Install standard library and | 1 |
-| | extension modules | |
+| | extension modules. Omitting this may | |
+| | lead to an unusable installation. | |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Include_pip | Install bundled pip and setuptools | 1 |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
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