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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# A script for unpacking and installing different historic versions of
+# Python in a consistent manner for side-by-side development testing.
+#
+# This was written for a Linux system (specifically Ubuntu) but should
+# be reasonably generic to any POSIX-style system with a /usr/local
+# hierarchy.
+
+USAGE="\
+Usage: $0 [-ahnq] [-d DIR] [-p PREFIX] [VERSION ...]
+"
+
+PRINT="echo"
+EXECUTE="eval"
+
+DOWNLOADS=Downloads
+DOWNLOADS_URL=http://www.python.org/ftp/python
+SUDO=sudo
+PREFIX=/usr/local
+
+while getopts "ad:hnq" FLAG; do
+    case ${FLAG} in
+    a )
+        ALL="1"
+        ;;
+    d )
+        DOWNLOADS="${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
+    h )
+        echo "${USAGE}"
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+    n )
+        EXECUTE=":"
+        ;;
+    p )
+        PREFIX="${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
+    q )
+        PRINT=":"
+        ;;
+    * )
+        echo "$0: unknown option ${FLAG}; use -h for help." >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+shift `expr ${OPTIND} - 1`
+
+VERSIONS="$*"
+
+if test "X${ALL}" != "X"; then
+    if test "${VERSIONS}"; then
+        msg="$0:  -a and version arguments both specified on the command line"
+        echo "${msg}" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    VERSIONS="
+    1.5.2
+    2.0.1
+    2.1.3
+    2.2
+    2.3.6
+    2.4.4
+    "
+    # 2.5.1
+fi
+
+Command()
+{
+    ${PRINT} "$*"
+    ARGS=`echo "$*" | sed 's/\\$/\\\\$/'`
+    ${EXECUTE} "$*"
+}
+
+for VERSION in $VERSIONS; do
+    PYTHON=Python-${VERSION}
+
+    TAR_GZ=${PYTHON}.tgz
+    if test ! -f ${DOWNLOADS}/${TAR_GZ}; then
+        if test ! -d ${DOWNLOADS}; then
+            Command mkdir ${DOWNLOADS}
+        fi
+        Command "( cd ${DOWNLOADS} && wget ${DOWNLOADS_URL}/${VERSION}/${TAR_GZ} )"
+    fi
+
+    Command tar zxf ${DOWNLOADS}/${TAR_GZ}
+
+    (
+        Command cd ${PYTHON}
+
+        case ${VERSION} in
+        1.5* )
+            CONFIGUREFLAGS="--with-threads"
+            ;;
+        1.6* | 2.0* )
+            # Add the zlib module so we get zipfile compression.
+            Command ed Modules/Setup.in <<EOF
+/^#zlib/s/#//
+w
+q
+EOF
+            CONFIGUREFLAGS="--with-threads"
+            ;;
+        esac
+
+        Command ./configure --prefix=${PREFIX} ${CONFIGUREFLAGS} 2>&1 | tee configure.out
+        Command make 2>&1 | tee make.out
+        Command ${SUDO} make install
+
+        Command ${SUDO} rm -f ${PREFIX}/bin/{idle,pydoc,python,python-config,smtpd.py}
+
+        ${PRINT} cd ..
+    )
+
+    Command rm -rf ${Python}
+done