New GitHub issue #119729 from colesbury:<br>

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If you install the default and free-threaded build to the same prefix, some files conflict and will get overwritten by the most recent install:

```
        modified:   bin/idle3.13
        modified: bin/pydoc3.13
        modified:   bin/python3.13
        typechange: bin/python3.13-config
        modified: lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13-embed.pc
        modified: lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13.pc
```

The most problematic of these are the `pkg-config` files:

```diff
diff --git a/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13-embed.pc b/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13-embed.pc
index 9bc6ab5..5fc2548 100644
--- a/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13-embed.pc
+++ b/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13-embed.pc
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Description: Embed Python into an application
 Requires:
 Version: 3.13
 Libs.private: -ldl  -framework CoreFoundation
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lpython3.13
-Cflags: -I${includedir}/python3.13
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lpython3.13t
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/python3.13t
diff --git a/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13.pc b/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13.pc
index c206220..519f20f 100644
--- a/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13.pc
+++ b/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.13.pc
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Requires:
 Version: 3.13
 Libs.private: -ldl  -framework CoreFoundation
 Libs: -L${libdir}
-Cflags: -I${includedir}/python3.13
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/python3.13t
```

Maybe the pkg-config files for the free-threaded build should be called `python-3.13t.pc` and `python-3.13t-embed.pc`?

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<a href="https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119729">View on GitHub</a>
<p>Labels: type-bug, build, 3.13, topic-free-threading, 3.14</p>
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