[New-bugs-announce] [issue18117] Missing symlink:Currnet after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation

[Gavan Schneider]

New submission from Gavan Schneider:

There is a missing symlink.

Context:
Installed package:
<http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.3.2/python-3.3.2-macosx10.6.dmg>
with no apparent problems onto a 'clean' system, i.e., no other python packages other than OS X 10.8.3 defaults.

Found the following in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework:
pendari:Python.framework postgres$ ls -las
total 24
0 drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  204 14 May 06:49 .
0 drwxr-xr-x  8 root  wheel  374  2 Jun 17:06 ..
8 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   24  2 Jun 17:06 Headers -> Versions/Current/Headers
8 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   23  2 Jun 17:06 Python -> Versions/Current/Python
8 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   26  2 Jun 17:06 Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources
0 drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 14 May 06:54 Versions

However:
pendari:Versions postgres$ ls -las
total 0
0 drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 14 May 06:54 .
0 drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  204 14 May 06:49 ..
0 drwxrwxr-x  7 root  admin  306 14 May 06:54 3.3

Specifically we are missing the following from .../Versions:
8 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    3  2 Jun 17:27 Current -> 3.3

to make all the other symlinks work as intended.

This also implies the ~/.bash_profile patch would be improved if the existing:
    PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/bin:${PATH}"
was replaced by:
    PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:${PATH}"

Apologies if this has already been reported. It is my first report so I could easily have missed something: I searched with terms "installer mac".

Regards
Gavan Schneider

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assignee: ronaldoussoren
components: Installation, Macintosh
messages: 190474
nosy: gavan, ronaldoussoren
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Missing symlink:Currnet after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3

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