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authoratg7000 <38963069+atg7000@users.noreply.github.com>2018-06-08 02:33:20 (GMT)
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@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ You can pass many options to the configure script; run ``./configure --help``
to find out more. On macOS and Cygwin, the executable is called ``python.exe``;
elsewhere it's just ``python``.
+If you are running on macOS with the latest updates installed, make sure to install
+openSSL or some other SSL software along with Homebrew or another package manager.
+If issues persist, see https://devguide.python.org/setup/#macos-and-os-x for more
+information.
+
On macOS, if you have configured Python with ``--enable-framework``, you
should use ``make frameworkinstall`` to do the installation. Note that this
installs the Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH,