[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.376,1.377
Tim Peters
tim_one@users.sourceforge.net
Thu, 04 Apr 2002 12:02:06 -0800
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv23687/python/Misc
Modified Files:
NEWS
Log Message:
SF bug 497854: Short-cuts missing for All Users
Fix Windows-specific install glitch. Tested on Win2K, but I can't test
on XP.
Already checked in to the release22-maint branch.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.376
retrieving revision 1.377
diff -C2 -d -r1.376 -r1.377
*** NEWS 4 Apr 2002 19:36:15 -0000 1.376
--- NEWS 4 Apr 2002 20:02:03 -0000 1.377
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Windows
+ - The installer now installs Start menu shortcuts under (the local
+ equivalent of) "All Users" when doing an Admin install.
+
- file.truncate([newsize]) now works on Windows for all newsize values.
It used to fail if newsize didn't fit in 32 bits, reflecting a
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*** 152,156 ****
a specific process whose pid was obtained from one of the spawn()
functions, the same Python os.waitpid() code works across platforms.
! See the docs for details.
- New tempfile.TemporaryFile implementation for Windows: this doesn't
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a specific process whose pid was obtained from one of the spawn()
functions, the same Python os.waitpid() code works across platforms.
! See the docs for details. The docs were changed to clarify that
! spawn functions return, and waitpid requires, a process handle on
! Windows (not the same thing as a Windows process id).
- New tempfile.TemporaryFile implementation for Windows: this doesn't