Merge branch 'main' into feature/pep660

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/extension.py b/setuptools/extension.py
index b9a2bad3..e544b666 100644
--- a/setuptools/extension.py
+++ b/setuptools/extension.py
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ class Extension(_Extension):
 
     :keyword list[str] runtime_library_dirs:
       list of directories to search for C/C++ libraries at run time
-      (for shared extensions, this is when the extension is loaded)
+      (for shared extensions, this is when the extension is loaded).
+      Setting this will cause an exception during build on Windows
+      platforms.
 
     :keyword list[str] extra_objects:
       list of extra files to link with (eg. object files not implied
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@ class Extension(_Extension):
 
     :keyword bool py_limited_api:
       opt-in flag for the usage of :doc:`Python's limited API <python:c-api/stable>`.
+
+    :raises DistutilsPlatformError: if 'runtime_library_dirs' is specified
+      on Windows. (since v63)
     """
 
     def __init__(self, name, sources, *args, **kw):