where should I look for sys.stderr output?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Steve> My /usr/bin/python was version 1.52 and the MoinMoin package was
    Steve> expecting version 2.2. I changed this and the MoinMoin stuff
    Steve> works fine now, but a bunch of the Python system administration
    Steve> stuff tools are broken now. :(

You can have 1.5.2 installed as /usr/bin/python and just install 2.2 as
/usr/local/bin/python.  Just modify MoinMoin's main program to reference
/usr/local/bin/python in the #! line at the start of the file.

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