Update to Python 2.3 on Red Hat Linux 9

[Bengt Richter]

On 31 Aug 2003 04:13:11 +0200, martin at v.loewis.de (Martin v. =?iso-8859-15?q?L=F6wis?=) wrote:

>jaybromley at hotmail.com (Jay Bromley) writes:
>
>> So the questions is, can I build Python 2.3 so that it recognizes all
>> the packages that are available to Python 2.2.2? Is this LD_RUN_PATH
>> stuff? 
>
>You can't; this is not supported.
>
>The ABI has changed, so the old modules just wouldn't work anymore if
>they were found.
>
>> 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?

Regards,
Bengt Richter