From f60cdff920a287cb2fa7ea43ca69b0579957b097 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Schemenauer Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:04:43 +0000 Subject: Remove misleading advice. VERSION was not intended to be used that way. --- README | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 9a7708e..99af922 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -881,12 +881,6 @@ This installs the same set of files as "make install" except it doesn't create the hard link to "python" 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 -- cgit v0.12