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

[Michael Hudson]

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

> 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?

I think this would be tricky on OS X, which looks for frameworks in
fixed places.  It really would be nice to have the framework have a
different name.  But this may be an OS specific problem.

Cheers,
mwh

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