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[3.14] Two small changes in using/windows (GH-159438) (#159502)
Two small changes in using/windows (GH-159438) Thes are based on Steve Dower's answer (to my questions) at https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-16-0-alpha-1-is-now-available/109466/11. Update sentence about updates to note that site-packages and Scripts directories are left alone. Add a link to the administer configuration section. --------- (cherry picked from commit d52dba3) Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> Co-authored-by: Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>
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Otherwise, they will be left. If no tags are provided with ``--update``, all
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installs managed by the Python install manager will be updated if newer versions
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are available. Updates will remove any modifications made to the install,
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including globally installed packages, but virtual environments will continue to
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work.
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including globally installed packages, but will leave ``site-packages`` and
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``Scripts`` directories as is. Virtual environments are also unaffected.
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Passing ``--dry-run`` will generate output and logs, but will not modify any
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installs.
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This section will describe the defaults, but be aware that modified or
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overridden installs may resolve settings differently.
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A global configuration file may be configured by an administrator, and would be
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read first. The user configuration file is stored at
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A global configuration file may be configured by an
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:ref:`administrator <pymanager-admin-config>`
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and would be read first. The user configuration file is stored at
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:file:`%AppData%\\Python\\pymanager.json`
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(note that this location is under ``Roaming``, not ``Local``) and is read next,
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overwriting any settings from earlier files. An additional configuration file

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