venv --upgrade 3.12.0rc2 --> 3.12.0rc3 failure

[Robin Becker]

On 28/09/2023 10:05, Barry via Python-list wrote:

So this must be the source of my confusion

user at host:~
$ python312 -mvenv --help
......
   --upgrade             Upgrade the environment directory to use this version
                         of Python, assuming Python has been upgraded in-place.
......


I have a different version, but it's not 'in place'.

thanks
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Robin
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>> On 27 Sep 2023, at 12:50, Robin Becker via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
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>> Attempting venv upgrade  3.12.0rc2 --> 3.12.0rc3 I find pyvenv.cfg changes, but the virtual python doesn't.
>> I guess this ought to be a bug.
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> You must delete and then recreate the venv if the version of python changes.
> It is not a bug in python.
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> Barry
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