On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> wrote: > > Maciej Fijalkowski Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:48:26 +0200 >>>>> Precisely what didn't work? > > Ken Watford Sun Jul 31 19:59:55 CEST 2011 >>>> The permissions are fine if you're the owner of the files. If another >>>> user (say, root) untars them, > > Tom Roche Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:03:34 -0400 >>> e.g., to install FHS-ly > >>>> other users may not have appropriate read/execute permissions. > > Maciej Fijalkowski Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:07:17 +0200 >> as far as I understood, the tarballs are for [extracting] in-place not >> for installs without serious massaging > > Not so much massage is required (e.g., my bash script from > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pypy-dev/2011-July/007893.html > > does it, as does Dan Stromberg's @ > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pypy-dev/2011-July/007894.html > > ) but It Would Be Nice for new adopters if the download page documented > things like this, esp if intentional. Currently it says only > > http://pypy.org/download.html#installing >> Installing > >> All versions are packaged in a tar.bz2 or zip file. When uncompressed, >> they run in-place. For now you can uncompress them either somewhere in >> your home directory or, say, in /opt, and if you want, put a symlink >> from somewhere like /usr/local/bin/pypy to /path/to/pypy-1.5/bin/pypy. >> Do not move or copy the executable pypy outside the tree – put a >> symlink to it, otherwise it will not find its libraries. > > FWIW, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev >
Cool, feel like providing a patch? Cheers, fijal _______________________________________________ pypy-dev mailing list pypy-dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
