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[Ronald Oussoren]

On 28-feb-2006, at 20:44, Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Feb 28, 2006, at 1:35 PM, Russell E Owen wrote:
>
>> At 12:33 PM -0600 2006-02-28, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>>> On Feb 28, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Russell E. Owen wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <6B3B4ACB-7FA1-4D24-8689-20ACEA656F96 at mac.com>,
>>>>  Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ...you will have to make sure that /Library/Frameworks/
>>>> Python.framework/Versions/2.4/bin
>>>> is at the start of your PATH.
>>>>
>>>> If you use bash[1]  is you should create a .bash_profile file in
>>>> your
>>>> home directory that
>>>> contains the line PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
>>>> Versions/
>>>> 2.4/bin:$PATH".
>>>>
>>>> It seems unfortunate to put that long complicated mess into the
>>>> path,
>>>> and then have to redo it when python 2.5 comes out.
>>>
>>> The long way is the right way. Having to change your path when a
>>> new version of Python is installed is not a bad thing.
>>
>> OK, I'll do the long path.
>>
>> But I'm still puzzled about hard-coding the version. Why not just  
>> use:
>>
>> PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
>> Current/bin:$PATH"
>>
>> and automatically get the current version? It seems to me that
>> would be best for most users and that experts who want finer
>> control would know what to do.
>
> That's not necessarily a bad idea

+1. I've added this to my postinstall script for the universal build.

Ronald

>
> -bob
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