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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Python 3.2 on CentOS 5.6 & compatibility concerns |
| Date | 2011-04-21 13:21 -0400 |
| References | <6cbac610-3a41-45fb-b49b-8f4366e5c248@motornostixusa.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.713.1303406491.9059.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 4/21/2011 8:02 AM, Rob McGillivray wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know if it is ‘safe’ to install Python 3.2 on CentOS? By > ‘safe’ I mean not breaking the existing base Python 2.4.x installation > upon which various CentOS/RHEL services (like yum) depend. Will the > ‘make install’ install 3.2 in parallel with the existing 2.x > installation, or break it? I’m new to Python and OSS, but the little > I’ve read indicates that this could be a major risk. I have read on this list that there is a 'make altinstall' for *nix to avoid problems with the 'base' install. (2.4, really? that is ancient!). -- Terry Jan Reedy
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