Andrew MacIntyre wrote: >[posted & mailed] >Ksenia Marasanova wrote: > > > >>I have python2.3, installed from port /lang/python long time ago. The >>current version is 2.4, but I'd rather have two python versions, >>instead of upgrading. >>Is there maybe a way to somehow link installed python to >>/lang/python2.3 port, and then upgrade ports and install /lang/python >>as a new (2.4) version, without upgrading? >>Or am I missing something and the things are much easier? I am not a >>FreeBSD guru and it's my first python upgrade... thanks! >> >> > >As far as I know, the FreeBSD ports versions of python don't interfere >with python's default strategy of installing based on major.minor version >numbers (eg /usr/local/lib/python2.[3|4] & /usr/local/bin/python2.[3|4]). >/usr/local/bin/python will be linked to the most recently installed >python port. > > > Can I install python2.4.2 and keep using python2.4.1 on IRIX?
>Its been a while since I looked, but I thought that the ports collection >would contain 2.3(.5) as well as 2.4(.2, default "python" port), so I >expect that the ports collection has support for multiple versions >anyway. > >So you should be able to update the ports collection, change into >lang/python and "make install". A quick review of the port makefiles >should confirm this. Any scripts that are 2.3 only will need to be >doctored to use /usr/local/bin/python2.3 instead of >/usr/local/bin/python. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pref) | Snail: PO Box 370 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alt) | Belconnen ACT 2616 >Web: http://www.andymac.org/ | Australia > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
