I just downloaded and installed the Tiger 2.4 Python mpkg (including the fix afterwords), mainly so I could use Bob's great looking xattr module. Bringing up 'python' in a terminal brings up 2.3.whatever, and I assume that's because the version in /System/Library hasn't been disturbed and is first on the default search path--please correct me if I'm wrong.
What is the best (a subjective consideration, to be sure) to use python 2.4 while making sure that I don't mess up the Apple-installed version for anything important. Should I put /usr/local/bin on the default path? Should I create a link to python 2.4 in /usr/bin, and if so, should I replace the current 'python', or should I create a new name like 'py' so that 2.3 is still accessible using 'python' on the command line. What do I need to think about in terms of making sure things I install in the future will be compiled against 2.4, and will be available on the python path. Thanks for all the help, Ken _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
