[Python-checkins] bpo-42339: Adds note about KB2533623 to embeddable package docs (GH-23322)

Mon Nov 16 16:28:40 EST 2020

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa86614078f1f700f350f98486dddf83587ab69e
commit: fa86614078f1f700f350f98486dddf83587ab69e
branch: 3.8
author: Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org>
committer: zooba <steve.dower at microsoft.com>
date: 2020年11月16日T21:28:29Z
summary:
bpo-42339: Adds note about KB2533623 to embeddable package docs (GH-23322)
files:
M Doc/using/windows.rst

diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 46390707e3108..94d0591ae7169 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
