[issue24847] Can't import tkinter in Python 3.5.0rc1

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower added the comment:

Yep, this is my fix for the same issue pre-RC1 not quite working out (I'm guessing some difference between my dev box and my build box).

If you go into your DLLs directory there's an extra subdirectory (Microsoft.VC140.CRT or similar) with a single DLL in it. Move that DLL up one level to the DLLs folder and you should be fine.

I'll work up a setup authoring fix immediately, but really I want to patch Tcl/tk to not rely on that DLL so that we can be truly independent of CRT versioning.

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assignee:  -> steve.dower
nosy: +larry
priority: normal -> release blocker
versions: +Python 3.6

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