Closes #18224: Removed pydoc script from created venv, as it causes problems on Windows and adds no value over and above python -m pydoc ...
diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/nt/pydoc.py b/Lib/venv/scripts/nt/pydoc.py
deleted file mode 100644
index dbf2db7..0000000
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/nt/pydoc.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!__VENV_PYTHON__
-if __name__ == '__main__':
- import sys, pydoc
- sys.exit(pydoc.cli())
diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/pydoc b/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/pydoc
deleted file mode 100755
index 9233771..0000000
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/pydoc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!__VENV_PYTHON__
-if __name__ == '__main__':
- import sys, pydoc
- sys.exit(pydoc.cli())
-
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e829e72..ce0db00 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@
Library
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+- Issue #18224: Removed pydoc script from created venv, as it causes problems
+ on Windows and adds no value over and above python -m pydoc ...
+
- Issue #18155: The csv module now correctly handles csv files that use
a delimter character that has a special meaning in regexes, instead of
throwing an exception.