[Python-checkins] devguide: Issue #21745: Mention VS2010 SP1 as a solution for error LNK1123.

[zach.ware]

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/9794412fa62d
changeset:   699:9794412fa62d
user:        Zachary Ware <zachary.ware at gmail.com>
date:        Fri Jun 13 09:35:02 2014 -0500
summary:
  Issue #21745: Mention VS2010 SP1 as a solution for error LNK1123.

Patch by Ben Hoyt.

files:
  setup.rst |  6 ++++++
  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst
--- a/setup.rst
+++ b/setup.rst
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@
 To use it for more than 28 days, one must register through a
 Windows Live account.
 
+You'll also need to install the Visual Studio `Service Pack 1 (SP1)
+<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23691>`_. If you
+don't install this service pack, you may receive errors like the following
+during linking: ``LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to
+COFF: file invalid or corrupt``.
+
 Most Python versions prior to 3.3 use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.  You can
 download Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition with SP1
 from a new location yet to be determined.

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