From 32647cb404e218b7309a8e42baca8288b8d79f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adavila0703 <adavila0703@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 16:28:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] gh-67071: Link devguide from configure build requirements

Add a seealso at the top of the Build Requirements section so readers
building from source are directed to the devguide for step-by-step setup
and system dependencies, per discussion on the issue.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---
 Doc/using/configure.rst                                     | 6 ++++++
 .../2026-05-05-21-30-00.gh-issue-67071.DevGuide.rst         | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-05-05-21-30-00.gh-issue-67071.DevGuide.rst

diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst
index 086f6bfa22ad4a..07d6a087b4a6ce 100644
--- a/Doc/using/configure.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ Configure Python
 Build Requirements
 ==================
 
+.. seealso::
+
+   For step-by-step instructions on installing dependencies and building
+   CPython, refer to the `Python Developer's Guide
+   <https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/setup-building/>`_.
+
 To build CPython, you will need:
 
 * A `C11 <https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/11>`_ compiler. `Optional C11
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-05-05-21-30-00.gh-issue-67071.DevGuide.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-05-05-21-30-00.gh-issue-67071.DevGuide.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..41e8097022727b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2026-05-05-21-30-00.gh-issue-67071.DevGuide.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Add a *See also* cross-reference from the *Build requirements* section of the
+*Configure Python* documentation to the Python Developer's Guide for setup
+and build instructions.