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r71631 | r.david.murray | 2009-04-15 18:33:07 -0400 (Wed, 15 Apr 2009) | 4 lines
Fix for issue3440: add warning to subprocess discussion of
env parameter that on Windows SystemRoot is required in order
to run side-by-side assemblies.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 7f5e1ab..8ae01da 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
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@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@
variables for the new process; these are used instead of inheriting the current
process' environment, which is the default behavior.
+ .. warning::
+
+ When replacing the environment you must provide any variables
+ required for the program to execute. On Windows, in order to run
+ a side-by-side assembly the specified *env* must include a valid
+ :envvar:`SystemRoot`.
+
If *universal_newlines* is :const:`True`, the file objects stdout and stderr are
opened as text files, but lines may be terminated by any of ``'\n'``, the Unix
end-of-line convention, ``'\r'``, the old Macintosh convention or ``'\r\n'``, the