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[3.10] bpo-30511: Add note on thread safety to shutil.make_archive() (GH-26933) #27274

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions Doc/library/shutil.rst
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Expand Up @@ -595,6 +595,10 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.

.. audit-event:: shutil.make_archive base_name,format,root_dir,base_dir shutil.make_archive

.. note::

This function is not thread-safe.

.. versionchanged:: 3.8
The modern pax (POSIX.1-2001) format is now used instead of
the legacy GNU format for archives created with ``format="tar"``.
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-07-20-21-03-18.bpo-30511.eMFkRi.rst
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Clarify that :func:`shutil.make_archive` is not thread-safe due to
reliance on changing the current working directory.