python3.2m installed as (additional) binary

[Tom Zych]

Tom Zych wrote:
> andrew cooke wrote:
>> -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7368810 2011-02-27 13:03 /usr/local/bin/python3.2
>> -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7368810 2011-02-27 13:03 /usr/local/bin/python3.2m

> I suspect the "m" name is what gets built and the "no m" is an alias for
> backwards-compatibility. Not sure why they did the "m", though.

Ah, this may be it:

http://bugs.python.org/issue9807

Search for "build flag". Apparently the "m" indicates that it was
compiled with a nonstandard compiler option, or some such; maybe
something to do with being on a 64-bit platform. The makefile or
configure log may shed some light.

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