Update to Python 2.3 on Red Hat Linux 9

[Bengt Richter]

On 31 Aug 2003 23:18:49 +0200, martin at v.loewis.de (Martin v. =?iso-8859-15?q?L=F6wis?=) wrote:

>bokr at oz.net (Bengt Richter) writes:
>
>> >> Or do I really need to find out all the libraries in use with
>> >> 2.2.2 and compile these for 2.3?
>> >
>> >Yes.
>> >
>> Is this highly automated, or a gross PITA?
>
>Can you elaborate? What is this "this" you are referring to?
>And what do you mean by "highly automated"?
>
s/this/finding out all the libraries ... and compiling these for 2.3/

s/highly automated/make -someopts someargs/

or some setup.py stuff? distutils?

More or less ;-)

E.g., for 2.2 I recompiled PIL and zlib from sources on windows, and
if there was a precanned deal, I missed it & re-invented just enough to get by ;-/

So I reacted to the OP's question in terms of my own experience, and wonder
what the current vision is re making upgrading a whole installation to a new version
easy and reliable.

Regards,
Bengt Richter