From fa86614078f1f700f350f98486dddf83587ab69e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Dower Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:28:29 +0000 Subject: bpo-42339: Adds note about KB2533623 to embeddable package docs (GH-23322) --- Doc/using/windows.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) 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 -- cgit v0.12