[Python-Dev] Configure option to change Python's name?

[Aahz]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> Jack Jansen wrote:
>>
>>The idea was triggered by Michael Hudson, who wanted to install a 
>>debugging-enabled framework build of Python on MacOSX, which shouldn't 
>>interfere with the normal Python (either Apple-installed or 
>>user-installed). It turns out this is doable through meticulous hacking 
>>of the Makefile after configure (and, for now, ignoring the few 
>>hardcoded "Python.framework" references in Lib, but those need fixing 
>>anyway). For other unix systems a similar approach would work to isolate 
>>a debug-python from the normal production python.
> 
> Why can't you configure with an entirely different --prefix, such as
> /just/for/me?

That only works if you want to provide the full path to the executable
each time you use it (or if you are willing to set up a link or alias
that sits in the PATH that does what Jack suggests).

I'm somewhere between +0 and +1; the former is because I worry a bit
about dealing with people who do this when they don't know what they're
doing.
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A: No.
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