[Python-checkins] gh-92219: Clarify that some options to the installer may break the install (GH-95548) (#95550)
erlend-aasland
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Tue Aug 2 09:06:23 EDT 2022
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8e1952aaaf381d8ce35bc95e770a9f17e3f305fb
commit: 8e1952aaaf381d8ce35bc95e770a9f17e3f305fb
branch: 3.10
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: erlend-aasland <erlend.aasland at protonmail.com>
date: 2022-08-02T15:06:15+02:00
summary:
gh-92219: Clarify that some options to the installer may break the install (GH-95548) (#95550)
(cherry picked from commit d2c1a9c76c001b18c14e50779b0ee41ea4ccf0b3)
Co-authored-by: Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org>
files:
M Doc/using/windows.rst
diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 992767ab1c1e0..e0da5d2d85b44 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -177,18 +177,22 @@ 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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