python2 import trouble (linux - redhat)

Joseph Wilhelm jwilhelm at outsourcefinancial.com
Wed Jul 17 14:34:37 EDT 2002


> #!/usr/bin/python2.2
> (or whatever version)
> for their admin tools.
> 
> The point is that the problem with redhat has not been that it uses
> 1.5.2. but that all the admin tools require 1.5.2 to by what "python"
> invokes. If they has specified the version on thei #! lines, then it
> would be no problem to install newer versions as well, and they probably
> would ahve provided packages to do so as well.
> 
> If all they have done is upgrade to 2.2 or whatever, then we'll all have
> the same problem in a another year or two :-(
> 
> -Chris

Actually, if I remember right from when I was browsing the package list,
Python 2.2 was the -only- version they provided. So "In Theory", they
have completely deprecated 1.5.2.

--Joseph Wilhelm






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