[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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    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