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-:mod:`multiprocessing`'s default start method on systems with non-writeable
-tempfile filesystem is now :ref:`"spawn" <multiprocessing-start-methods>`
-instead of ``"forkserver"``. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
+:mod:`multiprocessing`'s default start method is now
+:ref:`"spawn" <multiprocessing-start-methods>` instead of ``"forkserver"``
+when there is no writable temporary directory, such as on a read-only file
+system. Previously starting a process failed with an :exc:`OSError` there.
+Patch by Bénédikt Tran.