Does not help my immediate situation, but this understanding definitely helps. Thanks
/J Martin v. Löwis wrote: > j_nwb schrieb: >> I have multiple python installations. 2.2, 2.3, 2.4. When I install a >> new package (pygtk2) , it always install in python 2.3. >> I changed the /usr/bin/python to be 2.4 binary. Still the same behavior. >> How does rpms, determine which installation to update ? Is there a >> file somewhere ? >> I am running in to this on Fedora as well as CenOS. > > Not sure what you mean by package: RPM package or distutils package? > If RPM package: binary package or source package? > > Binary RPM packages have the Python version compiled into their > extension modules, and you can't change that without recompilation. > In addition, they have the directory and file names hard-coded in > the RPM archive. > > Source RPM packages have the Python version coded into their spec > file. You should read the spec file to find out what Python version > it uses. > > Distutils packages use the Python version you use to run setup.py, > so you should be able to install either with "python2.4 setup.py", > or get a different Python selected by changing /usr/bin/python. > Since you specifically asked about RPMs, I guess distutils packages > are of no interest to you, though. > > Regards, > Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
