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| author | Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io> | 2016-01-19 11:51:26 -0500 |
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| committer | Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io> | 2016-01-19 11:57:48 -0500 |
| commit | f50df26c44311390351d0a76c79cfc136241ece5 (patch) | |
| tree | a4f54aee4060c3e176dbc2bd5c83aa1471485848 /docs/reference.rst | |
| parent | deb3f6a58d8fa2a9e40ab286d8eb6d75617462ba (diff) | |
| download | virtualenv-f50df26c44311390351d0a76c79cfc136241ece5.tar.gz | |
Try to download the latest versions of preinstalled packages
* Will only accept Wheels (because that is all we can install
without setuptools).
* Will still fall back to using the bundled copies of the
preinstalled packages if it cannot access the internet.
This should prevent errors happening from too old of versions of
software being bundled with virtualenv, while still allowing people
to prevent talking to the internet with --no-download.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reference.rst b/docs/reference.rst index e9b577e..fbc005d 100644 --- a/docs/reference.rst +++ b/docs/reference.rst @@ -90,11 +90,13 @@ Options Provides an alternative prompt prefix for this environment. -.. option:: --never-download +.. option:: --download - DEPRECATED. Retained only for backward compatibility. - This option has no effect. Virtualenv never downloads - pip or setuptools. + Download preinstalled packages from PyPI. + +.. option:: --no-download + + Do not download preinstalled packages from PyPI. .. option:: --no-site-packages |