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| author | Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org> | 2020-11-16 21:28:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-11-16 21:28:29 (GMT) |
| commit | fa86614078f1f700f350f98486dddf83587ab69e (patch) | |
| tree | b59ec86b66532db21a4cec582a03ee540869eb24 | |
| parent | 85a8a19134bf3f84e0c1504c2a5cd97aa255a63b (diff) | |
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bpo-42339: Adds note about KB2533623 to embeddable package docs (GH-23322)
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diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 4639070..94d0591 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ dependants, such as Idle), pip and the Python documentation are not included. automatically via Windows Update, and can be detected by finding ``ucrtbase.dll`` in the system directory. +.. note:: + + When running on Windows 7, Python 3.8 requires the KB2533623 update to be + installed. The embeddable distribution does not detect this update, and may + fail at runtime. Later versions of Windows include this update. + Third-party packages should be installed by the application installer alongside the embedded distribution. Using pip to manage dependencies as for a regular Python installation is not supported with this distribution, though with some |