2008/9/22 Jussi Hakala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mateusz Jan Dominikowski wrote: >> >> SB comes with Python version 2.3.4 so I compiled 2.5.2 from sources and >> installed it with standard prefix (/usr/local). >> As /usr/local/bin is redirected in SB I tried to export >> SBOX_REDIRECT_IGNORE=/usr/local/bin/python. >> However when I type 'python' I still get version 2.3.4 although >> /usr/local/bin/python is 2.5.2. <http://2.5.2.> >> Am I doing something wrong? >> The solution I found on this newsgroup is to use apt-get install >> python2.5-dev however I would like to have in my sandbox only packages >> compiled from scratch. > > The ignore thing you tried is the correct approach. However, you have to > call python with explicit path. > > So, running > > $ python > $ SBOX_REDIRECT_IGNORE=/usr/local/bin/python python > > will give you host's python, but running > > $ SBOX_REDIRECT_IGNORE=/usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python > > will give you the target's python. > > That, or you can do as Kalle suggested and compile a newer version of python > for the host architecture and put it inside /host_usr/. After that you won't > need any environment variables since stuff in /host_usr/ always override the > stuff in devkits and the core.
That is, it SHOULD override the stuff in devkits and the core, but as Scratchbox is buggy, it actually doesn't do this. -- Daniel _______________________________________________ Scratchbox-users mailing list Scratchbox-users@lists.scratchbox.org http://lists.scratchbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scratchbox-users
