New submission from Ray Donnelly <rdonne...@anaconda.com>: Happy New Year!
I'm not sure if this is a misunderstanding on my part, a docs bug or a code bug. At https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html we see: "The solution for this problem is to create a virtual environment, a self-contained directory tree that contains a Python installation for a particular version of Python, plus a number of additional packages" and "This will create the tutorial-env directory if it doesn’t exist, and also create directories inside it containing a copy of the Python interpreter, the standard library, and various supporting files." However, when testing with https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.2/python-3.7.2-amd64.exe I see no Python interpreter (nor DLL) in my venv directory: ``` python.exe -m venv %TEMP%\venv %TEMP%\venv\Scripts\activate.bat dir %TEMP%\venv ``` gives: ``` Directory of C:\Users\RDONNE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\venv 02/01/2019 19:38 <DIR> . 02/01/2019 19:38 <DIR> .. 02/01/2019 19:38 <DIR> Include 02/01/2019 19:38 <DIR> Lib 02/01/2019 19:38 121 pyvenv.cfg 02/01/2019 19:38 <DIR> Scripts 1 File(s) 121 bytes 5 Dir(s) 912,281,780,224 bytes free ``` pyvenv.cfg contains: ``` home = C:\Users\rdonnelly\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37 include-system-site-packages = false version = 3.7.2 ``` Further to this, after activating, I do not see the `venv` directory in `sys.path`: ``` python -c "import sys; print(sys.path)" ['', 'C:\\Users\\rdonnelly\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37\\python37.zip', 'C:\\Users\\rdonnelly\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37\\DLLs', 'C:\\Users\\rdonnelly\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37\\lib', 'C:\\Users\\rdonnelly\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37', 'C:\\Users\\rdonnelly\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37\\lib\\site-packages'] ``` >From past experience, the old `virtualenv` project would copy the interpreter >and DLL across. Any help here would be appreciated! ---------- components: Windows messages: 332892 nosy: Ray Donnelly, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: venv doesn't do what it claims to do (apears not to work at all?) type: behavior versions: Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35644> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
