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[3.13] gh-80334: fix multiprocessing.freeze_support for other spawn platforms (GH-134462) (#134620)

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gh-80334: fix multiprocessing.freeze_support for other spawn platforms (GH-134462)

Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst: freeze_support: Change to specify spawn method instead of platform
Have multiprocessing.freeze_support() enable on spawn, not just win32.

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Co-authored-by: Eddy Mulyono <eddymul@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>
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@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ Miscellaneous
.. function:: freeze_support()
Add support for when a program which uses :mod:`multiprocessing` has been
frozen to produce a Windows executable. (Has been tested with **py2exe**,
frozen to produce an executable. (Has been tested with **py2exe**,
**PyInstaller** and **cx_Freeze**.)
One needs to call this function straight after the ``if __name__ ==
@ -1060,10 +1060,10 @@ Miscellaneous
If the ``freeze_support()`` line is omitted then trying to run the frozen
executable will raise :exc:`RuntimeError`.
Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when invoked on any operating
system other than Windows. In addition, if the module is being run
normally by the Python interpreter on Windows (the program has not been
frozen), then ``freeze_support()`` has no effect.
Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when the start method is not
*spawn*. In addition, if the module is being run normally by the Python
interpreter (the program has not been frozen), then ``freeze_support()``
has no effect.
.. function:: get_all_start_methods()

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@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class BaseContext(object):
'''Check whether this is a fake forked process in a frozen executable.
If so then run code specified by commandline and exit.
'''
if sys.platform == 'win32' and getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
if self.get_start_method() == 'spawn' and getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
from .spawn import freeze_support
freeze_support()

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:func:`multiprocessing.freeze_support` now checks for work on any "spawn"
start method platform rather than only on Windows.