Oleg> ~/.python Oleg> ~/.python/bin Oleg> ~/.python/lib Oleg> ~/.python/lib/python2.5
The drawback of this approach is that it implies that Perl, Tcl, IPython, etc. belong in their own .whatever directory. The IT folks here at work do things that way (though not in home directories). If I want to build a package which relies on zlib, libpng, libtiff, libjpeg, etc., imagine what my CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS and LDFLAGS arguments look like. :barf: Skip _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com