framework build question for mac

[Brian Blais]

Hello,

I just had to install an older version of python for a particular  
app.  Afterward, I had some necessary clean-up so that my normal work  
python would work, but I noticed something odd about the  
installation.  Python is installed on the Mac in the directory

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions

where there is (now) a 2.5 and a 2.4 directory, and a link called  
Current which points to the 2.5 directory.  So far, so good.  Now,  
the python binary (as well as idle, and some other python related  
binaries) are in /usr/local/bin and are links:

python@ -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/ 
bin/python
pydoc@ -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/ 
bin/pydoc
python2.4@ -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/ 
2.4/bin/python2.4
etc...

Now, what I find odd is that the generic binaries (python, pydoc,  
etc...) as opposed to the version-specific binaries (python2.4,  
python2.5, etc...) do not point to the Current link in the /Library/ 
Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/ directory, but instead point to  
the last python installed.  As a result, in addition to re-pointing  
the Current link, I also had to manually re-point python, pydoc,  
idle, etc... in /usr/local/bin

Is there a reason for this, or is it just a small oversight on the  
install script?


			thanks,

				Brian Blais


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Brian Blais
bblais at bryant.edu
http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais



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