On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:31:45 -0500 Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can anyone explain the two different "default" installations I got? > > It seems to me I should force the Ubuntu-style installation by the > "--with-universal-archs=64-bit" configure option, and I will try that > on Debian while I await expert help.
I think "universal arch" builds only apply under OS X where they produce fat binaries. Under 64-bit Linux, you can compile either a 64-bit executable (the default) or a 32-bit executable (by specifying e.g. CC="gcc -m32" to the configure script). However, the /usr/local/lib{,64}/python2.7 issue is a bit different, since those directories can host architecture independent files (such as .py and .pyc files). For example, on my Mandriva install, the 64-bit Python executable can import packages from both /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ and /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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