Re: Fixing Python install on the Mac after running 'CleanMyMac'

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Date	2015-05-29 11:32 -0700
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Subject	Re: Fixing Python install on the Mac after running 'CleanMyMac'
From	MrJean1 <MrJean1@gmail.com>

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Correct, the "Current" version is just a link to "2.7".  Also, the binaries '/usr/bin/python{,w}" seem to be copies of the "/System/Library/.../Versions/2.7/bin/python{,w}" files.

/Jean


On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 2:01:05 PM UTC-4, Ned Deily wrote:
> In article <bffd4736-f9ff-492e-9069-836f6e7867d8@googlegroups.com>,
>  MrJean1 <MrJean1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > FWIW, I recently upgraded an older MacBook to Mac OS X 10.7.5 and there are 3 
> > different versions of Python in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework, 
> > see:
> > 
> > $ ls /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
> > 2.5	2.6	2.7	Current
> > > 
> > It is unclear whether MacOS X 10.7.5 installed all four of these Python 
> > versions.  The older one(s) may be left over from the previous MacOS X 
> > release on the machine
> 
> For compatibility with applications linked on older OS X releases, Apple 
> customarily ships more than one version of Python frameworks with OS X.  
> There are actually three versions of the system Python frameworks there: 
> you should see that "Current" is actually a symbolic link to "2.7".  All 
> of those versions are shipped as part of OS X 10.7.
> 
> -- 
>  Ned Deily,
>  nad@acm.org

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Fixing Python install on the Mac after running 'CleanMyMac' Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-05-29 05:47 +0200
  Re: Fixing Python install on the Mac after running 'CleanMyMac' MrJean1 <MrJean1@gmail.com> - 2015-05-29 10:50 -0700
    Re: Fixing Python install on the Mac after running 'CleanMyMac' Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2015-05-29 10:59 -0700
      Re: Fixing Python install on the Mac after running 'CleanMyMac' MrJean1 <MrJean1@gmail.com> - 2015-05-29 11:32 -0700

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