diff --git a/libexec/pyenv-exec b/libexec/pyenv-exec index f77227b2..6380dfc9 100755 --- a/libexec/pyenv-exec +++ b/libexec/pyenv-exec @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ # # Usage: pyenv exec [-E|--environment] [arg1 arg2...] # -# -E Modify Python runtime environment, such as $PYTHONHOME, for the called executable. +# -E Set PYTHONHOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH envvars for the running command. This allows to run programs that embed Python without using rpath or exact library path. +# WARNING! For the running command and its child processes, this will break linkage for programs that expect to be linked to system libpython! # # Runs an executable by first preparing PATH so that the selected Python # version's `bin' directory is at the front.