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Hello,<div><br></div><div>I just had to install an older version of python for a particular app. Afterward, I had some necessary clean-up so that my normal work python would work, but I noticed something odd about the installation. Python is installed on the Mac in the directory</div><div><br></div><div>/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions</div><div><br></div><div>where there is (now) a 2.5 and a 2.4 directory, and a link called Current which points to the 2.5 directory. So far, so good. Now, the python binary (as well as idle, and some other python related binaries) are in /usr/local/bin and are links:</div><div><br></div><div><div>python@ -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/python</div><div>pydoc@ -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/pydoc</div><div><div>python2.4@ -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/bin/python2.4</div></div><div>etc...</div><div><br></div><div>Now, what I find odd is that the generic binaries (python, pydoc, etc...) as opposed to the version-specific binaries (python2.4, python2.5, etc...) do not point to the Current link in the /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/ directory, but instead point to the last python installed. As a result, in addition to re-pointing the Current link, I also had to manually re-point python, pydoc, idle, etc... in /usr/local/bin</div><div><br></div><div>Is there a reason for this, or is it just a small oversight on the install script?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>thanks,<br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Brian Blais<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Monaco; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>-- </div><div>Brian Blais</div><div><a href="mailto:bblais@bryant.edu">bblais@bryant.edu</a></div><div><a href="http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais">http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></div></body></html>