Brendan Simons wrote:
> Alternatively, can the path be modified by the 2.4 install script?
No. Installers that do that kind of thing garner well-earned derision.
Actually, I think that an installer that *asks* if you want it to do so would be quite acceptable. Something like:
"Version 2.4.1 of python has now been installed in /usr/local/bin. You probably want to use this new version as the default python, so that other python-using programs will find it instead of the built-in version. I can take care of this by putting /usr/local/bin/ at the front of your shell path. Should I do this for you?"
That way, those of us who are accustomed to managing our own path can do so ourselves, while newbies will get it taken care of for them.
// jack
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