Re: how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python

2014-04-29 Thread Ned Deily
On Apr 29, 2014, at 11:53 , Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. wrote: > Yes, I already use --prefix to build to a different path. I guess that > is what I need to do but I would rather have a way to have the build and > install process install to the micro level. Python deliberately does not provide a way to

Re: how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python

2014-04-29 Thread Mark H Harris
On 4/29/14 1:53 PM, Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. wrote: I would rather have a way to have the build and install process install to the micro level. I agree. On the other hand, is there really a special need to thoroughly test against a micro level. I have the latest 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 ... the

Re: how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python

2014-04-29 Thread Mark H Harris
On 4/29/14 1:53 PM, Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. wrote: Yes, I already use --prefix to build to a different path. I guess that is what I need to do but I would rather have a way to have the build and install process install to the micro level. example only, Use --prefix /usr/local/2.7.6/ Use --prefi

Re: how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python

2014-04-29 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Tue, 2014-04-29 at 11:35 -0700, Ned Deily wrote: > In article <1398785310.2673.16.camel@belmer>, > "Brent S. Elmer Ph.D." wrote: > > Is there a way to do what I want to do (i.e. install 2.7.6 beside 2.7)? > > The usual way to support multiple micro versions is to build and install > to a dif

Re: how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python

2014-04-29 Thread Ned Deily
In article <1398785310.2673.16.camel@belmer>, "Brent S. Elmer Ph.D." wrote: > Is there a way to do what I want to do (i.e. install 2.7.6 beside 2.7)? The usual way to support multiple micro versions is to build and install to a different location on your system by using: ./configure --prefix=/

how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python

2014-04-29 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
I have built and installed Python on AIX as well as installed a stack of Python tools. The version I installed is 2.7.2. Everything is working fine but I want to install Python 2.7.6 and the tool stack. Before I installed 2.7.2, I installed 2.6.x. I was able to install the 2.7.2 and 2.6.x side