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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2008-04-07 18:37:41 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2008-04-07 18:37:41 (GMT)
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"make install" is now an alias for "make altinstall", to prevent
accidentally overwriting a Python 2.x installation. Use "make fullinstall" to force Python 3.0 to be installed as "python".
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Build
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+- "make install" is now an alias for "make altinstall", to prevent
+ accidentally overwriting a Python 2.x installation.
+ Use "make fullinstall" to force Python 3.0 to be installed as
+ "python".
+
- Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when
gcc is used as compiler.