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authorNeil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>2001-02-16 04:18:08 (GMT)
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Add more information regarding the altinstall target.
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@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ created. The only file not installed with a version number in its
name is the manual page, installed as "/usr/local/man/man1/python.1"
by default.
-If you have a previous installation of a pre-2.0 Python that you don't
+If you have a previous installation of Python that you don't
want to replace yet, use
make altinstall
@@ -566,6 +566,12 @@ This installs the same set of files as "make install" except it
doesn't create the hard link to "python<version>" named "python" and
it doesn't install the manual page at all.
+Alpha/beta revision levels are stripped from the executable and
+library filenames during installation. For example, Python2.1a2 will
+install as python2.1, overwriting the previous python2.1. To avoid
+this, you could set the Makefile VERSION variable manually
+(e.g. VERSION=2.1a2) before running "make install" or "make altinstall".
+
The only thing you may have to install manually is the Python mode for
Emacs found in Misc/python-mode.el. (But then again, more recent
versions of Emacs may already have it.) Follow the instructions that