bpo-30511: Add note on thread safety to shutil.make_archive() (#26933) · python/cpython@64f54b7 (original) (raw)

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@@ -595,6 +595,10 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
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596	596	.. audit-event:: shutil.make_archive base_name,format,root_dir,base_dir shutil.make_archive
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	598	+ .. note::
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	600	+ This function is not thread-safe.
	601	+
598	602	.. versionchanged:: 3.8
599	603	The modern pax (POSIX.1-2001) format is now used instead of
600	604	the legacy GNU format for archives created with ``format="tar"``.

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	1	+Clarify that :func:`shutil.make_archive` is not thread-safe due to
	2	+reliance on changing the current working directory.