[Python-3000] should Python 3's executable install as 'python'?

Mike Meyer mwm at mired.org
Thu Mar 6 01:29:00 CET 2008


On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:33:21 +0900 "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

> skip at pobox.com writes:
> 
>  > I still think it worthwhile to have *some* target in the Makefile
>  > which depends on altinstall and does the bininstall and maninstall
>  > steps.  Something like "makeprimary"?
> How about "install-as-python" or "install-as-default"?

How about the install target smart? If there's a $PREFIX/bin/python,
it doesn't clobber it. If there's not, it does.

    <mike
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