From 1206a227c9e46baff80189ce570721436e71a4f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Heimes Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:36:20 +0000 Subject: 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. ;) --- Doc/using/unix.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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 ============================== -- cgit v0.12