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.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 06df8e8..15a049d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
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
limitation of MS _chsize (which is no longer used).
@@ -151,7 +154,9 @@
the same as, os.waitpid() on POSIX systems. If you're waiting for
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.
+ 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
need a TemproraryFileWrapper wrapper anymore, and should be immune