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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 ============================== |