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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 |