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Title: Executable help output (--help) at commandline is wrong for option -B
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.7, Python 3.6, Python 3.5
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: brett.cannon, docs@python, tds333, xiang.zhang
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2017-03-09 12:49 by tds333, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 590 merged xiang.zhang, 2017-03-10 05:11
PR 612 merged xiang.zhang, 2017-03-11 05:34
PR 613 merged xiang.zhang, 2017-03-11 05:49
Messages (5)
msg289287 - (view) Author: Wolfgang Langner (tds333) * Date: 2017-03-09 12:49
The output for "python --help" for the option -B is wrong.
It contains also the old pyo files. But they were removed.

Output is:

-B     : don't write .py[co] files on import; also PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=x

should be:

-B     : don't write .pyc files on import; also PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=x
msg289538 - (view) Author: Wolfgang Langner (tds333) * Date: 2017-03-13 13:11
Thanks for fixing this so fast. Good work.
msg290226 - (view) Author: Xiang Zhang (xiang.zhang) * (Python committer) Date: 2017-03-24 22:27
New changeset ce222c87706b1062f7fc03867d1867aa4848dd7b by Xiang Zhang in branch '3.5':
bpo-29770: remove outdated PYO related info (GH-590) (GH-613)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ce222c87706b1062f7fc03867d1867aa4848dd7b
msg290229 - (view) Author: Xiang Zhang (xiang.zhang) * (Python committer) Date: 2017-03-24 22:27
New changeset 16416c22f9b8d9e067506d3a98f661756c80389c by Xiang Zhang in branch '3.6':
bpo-29770: remove outdated PYO related info (GH-590) (GH-612)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/16416c22f9b8d9e067506d3a98f661756c80389c
msg290230 - (view) Author: Xiang Zhang (xiang.zhang) * (Python committer) Date: 2017-03-24 22:27
New changeset 0710d754255e731e6fcc3f206b51db6156da17c8 by Xiang Zhang in branch 'master':
bpo-29770: remove outdated PYO related info (GH-590)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0710d754255e731e6fcc3f206b51db6156da17c8
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:44adminsetgithub: 73956
2017-03-24 22:27:57xiang.zhangsetmessages: + msg290230
2017-03-24 22:27:46xiang.zhangsetmessages: + msg290229
2017-03-24 22:27:26xiang.zhangsetnosy: + xiang.zhang
messages: + msg290226
2017-03-13 13:11:40tds333setmessages: + msg289538
2017-03-11 06:16:53xiang.zhangsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: resolved
2017-03-11 05:49:03xiang.zhangsetpull_requests: + pull_request506
2017-03-11 05:34:26xiang.zhangsetpull_requests: + pull_request505
2017-03-10 05:11:13xiang.zhangsetpull_requests: + pull_request486
2017-03-09 13:59:53serhiy.storchakasetnosy: + brett.cannon
2017-03-09 12:49:52tds333create