changeset:   81393:16408ff68e1f
tag:         tip
parent:      81390:7a62b5ee32ec
user:        Torsten Landschoff <torsten@landschoff.net>
date:        Thu Jan 10 18:38:45 2013 +0100
summary:     Match the documentation of CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE with the implementation.

diff -r 7a62b5ee32ec -r 16408ff68e1f Doc/library/subprocess.rst
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst	Thu Jan 10 11:15:57 2013 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst	Thu Jan 10 18:38:45 2013 +0100
@@ -826,7 +826,10 @@
    The new process has a new console, instead of inheriting its parent's
    console (the default).
 
-   This flag is always set when :class:`Popen` is created with ``shell=True``.
+   On very old versions of Windows this flag is automatically set when
+   :class:`Popen` is created with ``shell=True``. More specifially this is
+   the case for versions predating Windows NT or for the special case where
+   `command.com` is used as the shell.
 
 .. data:: CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP