From 1e77ab0a35cf95318bb4893f7253a30f73201163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Stinner Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 21:59:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-33725, multiprocessing doc: rephase warning against fork on macOS (GH-13841) Co-Authored-By: Barry Warsaw --- Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 6c07124f979..d8182feab96 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ to start a process. These *start methods* are .. versionchanged:: 3.8 - On macOS, *spawn* start method is now the default: *fork* start method is no - longer reliable on macOS, see :issue:`33725`. + On macOS, the *spawn* start method is now the default. The *fork* start + method should be considered unsafe as it can lead to crashes of the + subprocess. See :issue:`33725`. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 *spawn* added on all unix platforms, and *forkserver* added for