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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md index b4039d6..6adc421 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md @@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ interpreter directly, even if it is a venv. Setting to `venv` will instead use the paths for the virtualenv the python found installation comes from (or fail if it is not a virtualenv). Setting to `auto` will check if the found installation is a virtualenv, and use `venv` or `system` as appropriate (but -never `prefix`). This option is mutually exclusive with the `platlibdir`/`purelibdir`. +never `prefix`). Note that Conda environments are treated as `system`. +This option is mutually exclusive with the `platlibdir`/`purelibdir`. For backwards compatibility purposes, the default `install_env` is `prefix`. diff --git a/docs/markdown/Python-module.md b/docs/markdown/Python-module.md index 05ae57d..c02eed9 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Python-module.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Python-module.md @@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ authors: This module provides support for finding and building extensions against python installations, be they python 2 or 3. +If you want to build and package Python extension modules using tools +compatible with [PEP-517](https://peps.python.org/pep-0517/), check out +[meson-python](https://mesonbuild.com/meson-python/index.html). + +If you are building Python extension modules against a Python interpreter +located in a venv or Conda environment, you probably want to set +`python.install_venv=auto`; +see [Python module options](Builtin-options.md#python-module) for details. + *Added 0.46.0* ## Functions |