[Pythonmac-SIG] Later release of Python with MacPython on Jaguar?

[Brian Lenihan]

On Dec 10, 2003, at 3:34 AM, Jack Jansen wrote:

> Brian,
> I like this script! Can I put it on the website?

Yes.  Do whatever you want with it.  Thanks

> On 9 Dec 2003, at 22:52, Brian Lenihan wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2003, at 12:55 PM, Gary Robinson wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible/good/recommended to build a later release like Python 
>>> 2.3.2
>>> or 2.3.3RC1 on Jaguar to replace the MacPython-supplied python with 
>>> it?
>>>
>>> Are their known problems with doing so?
>>>
>>> We're seeing some behavior that is mysterious enough that we 
>>> currently think
>>> it might be a bug in python. We're wondering if it would clear up 
>>> with a
>>> later python release than the MacPython-supplied one.
>>>
>>> --Gary
>>
>> You are probably better off leaving Apple's Python alone.   I just 
>> rename
>> everything so I can put it back later.   I wrote a script modeled 
>> after gcc_select
>> to make it easy to switch back and forth.
>>
>> I have Jack's additions for Apple Python installed, which, if I 
>> remember
>> correctly, added a MacPython-2.3 folder in Applications.
>>
>> Before this script is run, you must rename the files and folders in 
>> either the
>> ApplePython or MacPython tuples by hand, e.g:
>>
>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework ->
>>    /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework-moved
>> /usr/bin/python          -> /usr/bin/python-moved
>> /usr/bin/python2.3    -> /usr/bin/python2.3-moved
>> /usr/bin/pythonw      - > /usr/bin/pythonw-moved
>> /usr/bin/pythonw2.3 -> /usr/bin/pythonw2.3-moved
>> /usr/bin/pydoc           -> /usr/bin/pydoc-moved
>>
>> And, if you have a MacPython-2.3 folder in /Applications:
>>
>> /Applications/MacPython-2.3 -> /Applications/MacPython-2.3-Apple
>>
>>
>>
>> py_select
>> --------------
>> #!/usr/bin/env python
>>
>> import os
>> import sys
>>
>> current_ver = "2.3"
>>
>> python_apps = "/Applications/MacPython-%s" % current_ver
>>
>> MacPython = ("/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework",
>>              "/usr/local/bin/python",
>>              "/usr/local/bin/python%s" % current_ver,
>>              "/usr/local/bin/pythonw",
>>              "/usr/local/bin/pythonw%s" % current_ver
>> )
>>
>> ApplePython = ("/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework",
>>                "/usr/bin/python",
>>                "/usr/bin/python%s" % current_ver,
>>                "/usr/bin/pythonw",
>>                "/usr/bin/pythonw%s" % current_ver,
>>                "/usr/bin/pydoc"
>> )
>>
>> def select_python(version, not_version):
>>
>>     py_path = eval(version + "Python")[1]
>>
>>     if os.path.exists(py_path):
>>         print "You are already using %sPython" % version
>>         sys.exit()
>>     elif os.geteuid() != 0:
>>         print """\
>> *******************************************
>> *** THE py_select SCRIPT MUST BE RUN    ***
>> *** AS root.                            ***
>> *** NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO YOUR SETUP. ***
>> *******************************************
>> """,
>>         sys.exit()
>>
>>     for dir in eval(version + "Python"):
>>         os.rename("%s-moved" % dir, dir)
>>     for dir in eval(not_version + "Python"):
>>         os.rename(dir, "%s-moved" % dir)
>>     os.rename(python_apps, "%s-%s" % (python_apps, not_version))
>>     os.rename("%s-%s" % (python_apps, version), python_apps)
>>     print "Default Python interpreter has been set to:"
>>     os.system("%s -c 'import sys; print sys.version'" % py_path)
>>
>> if len(sys.argv) == 1:
>>     print "Current default Python interpreter:"
>>     print sys.version
>> elif sys.argv[1].lower() == 'apple':
>>     select_python('Apple', 'Mac')
>> elif sys.argv[1].lower() == 'mac':
>>     select_python('Mac', 'Apple')
>> else:
>>     print "usage: %s <apple|mac>" % sys.argv[0]
>> #----
>>
>>
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> --
> Jack Jansen        <Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl>        http://www.cwi.nl/~jack
> If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma 
> Goldman
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