Python 3.2 on CentOS 5.6 & compatibility concerns

2011-04-21 Thread Rob McGillivray
Hi All, Does anyone know if it is 'safe' to install Python 3.2 on CentOS? By 'safe' I mean not breaking the existing base Python 2.4.x installation upon which various CentOS/RHEL services (like yum) depend. Will the 'make install' install 3.2 in parallel with the existing 2.x installation, or

RE: 3.2 test failures on Centos 5.6 (was Re: Noob Question)

2011-04-19 Thread Rob McGillivray
Reedy Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:59 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: 3.2 test failures on Centos 5.6 (was Re: Noob Question) On 4/19/2011 10:55 AM, Rob McGillivray wrote: > I'm new to Python, and trying to get python 3.2 installed on Centos > 5.6. When I run 'mak

Noob Question

2011-04-19 Thread Rob McGillivray
Hi All, I'm new to Python, and trying to get python 3.2 installed on Centos 5.6. When I run 'make test', I receive several errors. The readme states that you can generally ignore messages about skipped tests, but as you can see below, some of the tests failed and a number were 'unexpected skips