[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-543244 ] installation atop 2.2 fails
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Bugs item #543244, was opened at 2002-04-13 00:55
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Category: Installation
Group: Python 2.1.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: David Abrahams (david_abrahams)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: installation atop 2.2 fails
Initial Comment:
Installing Python 2.2.1 atop Python 2.2 on cygwin
fails at the last stage when it tries to create a
link from /usr/bin/python.exe -> /usr/bin/python-
2.2.exe. Since the link already exists, installation
stops.
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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2002-04-15 23:22
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The ln I quoted was actually from a Linux 'make install'; I
cannot reproduce the cygwin install since I don't have
cygwin - but it *should* only differ in the BINDIR. Since
there is only one ln invocation in the makefile, it is hard
to believe that 'make install' tries to create a link in the
reverse direction.
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Comment By: David Abrahams (david_abrahams)
Date: 2002-04-15 02:31
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No, it's not that ln. Read my report again. It's
linking /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python2.2.exe.
No "local" in the path. Since I've already installed
2.2.1, I can't reproduce the behavior anymore without
building myself a fresh 2.2... but it happened twice, once
on a pydebug installation of 2.2.1 over 2.2 and once on a
regular build.
-Dave
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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2002-04-14 01:13
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Can you report the precise sequence of commands being
executed? Normally, it should be
if test -f /usr/local/bin/python; \
then rm -f /usr/local/bin/python; \
else true; \
fi
(cd /usr/local/bin; ln python2.2 python)
If this is the ln that fails, it is not clear why the
target already exists: the rm command is supposed to
delete it.
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Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2002-04-13 01:09
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Change Group to Platform-specific.
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