From aff1d51e04521736c3df312d72e37aa919c1671e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Addison Snelling Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:16:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] gh-90982: Document prefixes argument on site.getsitepackages (GH-31546) (cherry picked from commit bc31217fe432b5ede1485bec2b62b2c67a48eee4) Co-authored-by: Addison Snelling --- Doc/library/site.rst | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/site.rst b/Doc/library/site.rst index 11a5484c2b13362..6f989e2b21b8bf7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/site.rst +++ b/Doc/library/site.rst @@ -449,12 +449,19 @@ Module contents Also processes :file:`.start` files. See :ref:`site-start-files`. -.. function:: getsitepackages() +.. function:: getsitepackages(prefixes=None) Return a list containing all global site-packages directories. + For each directory present in *prefixes* (or :data:`PREFIXES` if *prefixes* + is ``None``), this function will find its site-packages subdirectory + depending on the system environment, and will return a list of full paths. + .. versionadded:: 3.2 + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + Add the optional *prefixes* argument. + .. function:: getuserbase()