[Pythonmac-SIG] messed up Tiger python install

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 12-sep-2005, at 6:45, Robert Kern wrote:

> Brendan Simons wrote:
>
>
>> I found this advice before, but as someone who doesn't have a unix
>> background, it took me a long time to figure out exactly HOW to  
>> change
>> my $Path variable permanently.  Can I suggest that a tutorial be  
>> linked
>> to the pythonmac or undefined.org/packages sites detailing this
>> process?
>>
>
> You can suggest all you like. It's much more effective, however, to
> write such a tutorial and ask that it be placed on the site.
>
>
>> Alternatively, can the path be modified by the 2.4 install script?
>>
>
> No. Installers that do that kind of thing garner well-earned derision.

Right. And which PATH should be changed? The only of the user that  
happens to install python, all users, the system path? And then  
there's the various shells that could be used. A document that tells  
you how to change your path would be much better.

I'd be very annoyed if some random installer would modify my, heavily  
customized, profile.

Ronald

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