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| author | Christian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de> | 2007-12-04 16:36:20 (GMT) |
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| committer | Christian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de> | 2007-12-04 16:36:20 (GMT) |
| commit | 1206a227c9e46baff80189ce570721436e71a4f8 (patch) | |
| tree | 19215d256a519f2863e7c00a25eaff7c234914a7 | |
| parent | 58f6f2e0c9fad1ef9ee921980888dc52da8100ce (diff) | |
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Added warning that make install may overwrite or masquerade the default python binary. Use make altinstall instead.
A native English speaker may want to rephrase the paragraph. ;)
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diff --git a/Doc/using/unix.rst b/Doc/using/unix.rst index 7b69bd9..8a452dc 100644 --- a/Doc/using/unix.rst +++ b/Doc/using/unix.rst @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ invocations. Configuration options and caveats for specific Unix platforms are extensively documented in the :file:`README` file in the root of the Python source tree. +.. warning:: + ``make install`` can overwrite or masquerade the :file:`python` binary; + ``make altinstall`` is recommended instead of ``make install`` since it + only install :file:`{exec_prefix}/bin/python{version}`. + Python-related paths and files ============================== |