Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!194.109.133.81.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'charset:iso-8859-7': 0.04; 'root': 0.05; 'puts': 0.07; 'python3': 0.07; 'indicates': 0.09; 'skip:/ 10': 0.09; 'trailing': 0.09; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'sane': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:install': 0.16; 'subject:remove': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'feb': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'characters': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'subject:skip:i 10': 0.31; 'subject:all': 0.32; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'problem.': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'subject:. ': 0.67; 'believe': 0.68; 'apart': 0.72; 'directories,': 0.84; 'subject:latest': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rJ8PPGw2TLctAXgdzDE9rnHOWsNf4IGvWDFX/N8fM64=; b=udncKC8LPamvBZ2hC3blS4iSug96qGg7W+IcrwgfQaFfOOK1XIKoA2AhE4eVEyWO3Q wpBf3d7KcXVF3wZHKcDdWuzt2+BCbwOYmAVLegXboqYka/VypN53D0wYJ+LIe/8UQcxI reyDEc2E3c8d53li5UY79F0SS5PiB/ZH01WRPctixoTZ99Rl7spl6e53GAQViA7lqsSR LD1Um732L7NQk+8DqxL9oI/YXkEHGv5Kd/2L5ev3ctmXmPpXgRoMpx4XvujfMzb8nXkg s5Dn24uRVZW9glXmIs+U5zX8Uy1SA/Yi3NfkySkKKxAb5rNkjpqI4Gru9L/Fc0WJPK3g nwCg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.187.164 with SMTP id ft4mr12138039vec.5.1370043482764; Fri, 31 May 2013 16:38:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <063fc449-5582-4a84-9eea-35e04344dbe0@googlegroups.com> <98f99db1-d200-4291-a050-cbbb30290d4c@googlegroups.com> Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 09:38:02 +1000 Subject: Re: Too many python installations. Should i remove them all and install the latest? From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1370043490 news.xs4all.nl 15939 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57090 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:46630 On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:50 AM, David wrote: > On 01/06/2013, =CD=E9=EA=FC=EB=E1=EF=F2 =CA=EF=FD=F1=E1=F2 wrote: >> >> root@nikos [/]# ls -l /usr/bin/python* >> -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4864 Feb 22 02:00 /usr/bin/python* >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Apr 5 20:34 /usr/bin/python2 -> python* >> -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4864 Feb 22 02:00 /usr/bin/python2.6* >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1418 Feb 22 02:00 /usr/bin/python2.6-config* > [... python3 line removed for clarity ...] >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Apr 5 20:35 /usr/bin/python-config -> >> python2.6-config* > > Apart from the bizarre trailing '*' characters which for which I have > no sane explanation... I believe that indicates that his 'ls' is aliased to 'ls --classify', which puts * after executables (and / after directories, and @ after symlinks, also a few others). Not a problem. ChrisA