From: Steve Dower Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:28:29 +0000 (+0000) Subject: bpo-42339: Adds note about KB2533623 to embeddable package docs (GH-23322) X-Git-Tag: v3.8.7rc1~40 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fa86614078f1f700f350f98486dddf83587ab69e;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git bpo-42339: Adds note about KB2533623 to embeddable package docs (GH-23322) --- diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 46390707e310..94d0591ae716 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