[issue13010] devguide doc: ./python.exe on OS X

2011-09-21 Thread Ezio Melotti
Changes by Ezio Melotti : -- assignee: docs@python -> ezio.melotti ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscrib

[issue13010] devguide doc: ./python.exe on OS X

2011-09-21 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: Fixed, thanks for the report and the suggestion! -- components: +Devguide -Documentation resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue13010] devguide doc: ./python.exe on OS X

2011-09-21 Thread Roundup Robot
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 9363db42626a by Ezio Melotti in branch 'default': #13010: explain why the python executable has an .exe extension on OS X. http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/9363db42626a -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python t

[issue13010] devguide doc: ./python.exe on OS X

2011-09-19 Thread Steven Samuel Cole
Steven Samuel Cole added the comment: from my observations, david is correct, but this is not limited to os x. i have checked out and rebuilt python twice on a linux system (kubuntu 10.10 i386 virtual machine): 1. in a 'conventional' setup using a local (i.e. guest) harddrive formatted with

[issue13010] devguide doc: ./python.exe on OS X

2011-09-19 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: It is python.exe on OS/X, which I've always found most odd. The reason is that the OS/X filesystem is case insensitive by default, and there is a directory named 'Python'. -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python trac

[issue13010] devguide doc: ./python.exe on OS X

2011-09-19 Thread Steven Samuel Cole
Steven Samuel Cole added the comment: i've gone through the process of checking out and building python as described in the devguide; it seems the python executable is indeed called python.exe under mac osx. i find this confusing. a comment on the reason for this unusual suffix would be great

[issue13010] devguide doc: ./python.exe on OS X

2011-09-19 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: I believe it's ./python.exe on OS X. I'm not sure about Windows, maybe it's just python.exe there. -- nosy: +ezio.melotti ___ Python tracker __

[issue13010] devguide doc: ./python.exe on OS X

2011-09-19 Thread Steven Samuel Cole
New submission from Steven Samuel Cole : it says in the last paragraph of the chapter at http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#unix: [...] ./python.exe on OS X [...] .exe seems to indicate that should probably be './python.exe on Windows' -- assignee: docs@python components: Docu